Unisex name · since 2001

Royalty

7,225 babies named Royalty in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#2,036 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#782 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
7,225
born since 2001
2020s
peak decade

7,225 babies have been named Royalty since 2001, making it today's #782 unisex name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Royalty has been recorded 7,225 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #782 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.

  • #2,036 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #782 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 7,225 born since 2001
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Royalty ranks #2,036 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #782 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,225 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.

#2,036 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#782 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
7,225
born since 2001
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%95.4%
Royalty vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Royalty's 7,225 recorded births place it above 97.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

36 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Royalty compares

7,225 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Royalty's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Royalty Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 7,225 376 567,345
Peak-year births 937 21 19,840

Royalty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Royalty's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 96% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 4%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 937, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Royalty popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Top 1,000 girls' name
Peak year (2019)
937
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
02004006008001,000 20012007201020132016201920222025 347

Royalty popularity over time - boys

526 total births recorded since 2006 (Royalty as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 526 births
0204060 2006201020132016201920222025 28

Royalty by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (3,617 births, 50% of the file).

2020s was Royalty's strongest decade.

3,617 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Royalty births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,617 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Royalty compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Royalty's total volume

Royalty vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -27, 11.2%-111, 3.9%-138, 2.1%-144, 5.3%-109, 3.5%-75, 8.9%-121, 2.7%-114, 4.7%-113, 5.2%-146, 2.8%-95, 8.2%-98, 9.1%-82, 6.3%-146, 2%-91, 3.4%Royalty-25, 13%Royalty
Royalty vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Royalty by state

Where Royalty concentrates geographically, total births since 2001

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Royalty
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
717 9.9%
#2 Florida
540 7.5%
#3 Georgia
472 6.5%
#4 California
385 5.3%
#5 Illinois
367 5.1%
#6 Ohio
341 4.7%
#7 North Carolina
315 4.4%
#8 New York
304 4.2%
Texas share of Royalty's total US births 9.9%
Even split

717 of 7,225 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.

Royalty appears in 36 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Royalty?
7,225 babies have been named Royalty since 2001. All-time, it sits at #2,036 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #782 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2019 with 937 births.
Where does Royalty sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Royalty ranks #2,036 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #782 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Royalty most popular?
Royalty was most popular in the 2020s decade with 3,617 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
Where is Royalty most popular?
The top states for the name Royalty are Texas (717 births), Florida (540 births), Georgia (472 births).
Is Royalty a unisex name?
Yes, Royalty is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 7,225 births, and as a boy's name it has 526 births.
How long has the name Royalty been used?
Records for Royalty go back to 2001, giving 25 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Royalty?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Royal, Roy, Royce, Roya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Royalty's data

  • Texas records the most Royaltys (717 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Royalty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Royalty draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.