Royce
Royce was given to 606 boys in 2025, #500 among boys’ names; 35,662 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 24,900 Americans named Royce and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (70% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 9 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Royce by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Royce mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Royce is “a unisex given name transferred from the surname.”
Derived from the Middle English given name Rose.
/ɹɔɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Royce?
#500 among boys’ names, 2025
Royce rose from #534 in 2015 to #500 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.28 to 0.35 per 1,000.
857 babies in 2019, the peak
Royce peaked in 2019, when 857 babies were given it (801 boys, #392 among boys’ names). The 626 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 73% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 606 | #500 | 0.35 |
| 2024 | 670 | #461 | 0.39 |
| 2023 | 699 | #445 | 0.41 |
| 2022 | 778 | #414 | 0.45 |
| 2021 | 810 | #393 | 0.46 |
| 2020 | 730 | #406 | 0.42 |
| 2019 | 801 | #392 | 0.45 |
| 2018 | 693 | #438 | 0.38 |
| 2017 | 651 | #466 | 0.35 |
| 2016 | 661 | #462 | 0.35 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 534 | #534 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 604 | #476 | 0.31 |
| 2013 | 512 | #518 | 0.27 |
| 2012 | 543 | #492 | 0.29 |
| 2011 | 478 | #531 | 0.25 |
| 2010 | 306 | #743 | 0.16 |
| 2009 | 218 | #941 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 225 | #914 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 227 | #888 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 216 | #903 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 194 | #912 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,077 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 136 | #1,123 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,104 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,096 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 179 | #880 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 158 | #927 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 155 | #918 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 132 | #984 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 179 | #805 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 192 | #772 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 196 | #750 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 206 | #723 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 197 | #735 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 194 | #725 | 0.10 |
| 1990 | 211 | #700 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 194 | #704 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 202 | #668 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 196 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1986 | 183 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1985 | 215 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 195 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 168 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 216 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 190 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 178 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 187 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 171 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 182 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 172 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 146 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 160 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 164 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 186 | #584 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 228 | #532 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 213 | #555 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 231 | #513 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 186 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 228 | #498 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 193 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 220 | #517 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 252 | #499 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 276 | #479 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 291 | #467 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 274 | #482 | 0.13 |
| 1960 | 300 | #460 | 0.14 |
| 1959 | 337 | #437 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 335 | #430 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 328 | #425 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 357 | #402 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 375 | #373 | 0.18 |
| 1954 | 364 | #368 | 0.18 |
| 1953 | 354 | #365 | 0.18 |
| 1952 | 362 | #357 | 0.19 |
| 1951 | 355 | #363 | 0.19 |
| 1950 | 325 | #375 | 0.18 |
| 1949 | 328 | #372 | 0.18 |
| 1948 | 356 | #356 | 0.20 |
| 1947 | 361 | #359 | 0.20 |
| 1946 | 354 | #344 | 0.22 |
| 1945 | 323 | #331 | 0.24 |
| 1944 | 347 | #324 | 0.25 |
| 1943 | 372 | #317 | 0.26 |
| 1942 | 323 | #339 | 0.23 |
| 1941 | 357 | #304 | 0.29 |
| 1940 | 335 | #305 | 0.29 |
| 1939 | 297 | #316 | 0.27 |
| 1938 | 331 | #301 | 0.30 |
| 1937 | 326 | #299 | 0.31 |
| 1936 | 318 | #299 | 0.31 |
| 1935 | 365 | #283 | 0.35 |
| 1934 | 296 | #315 | 0.29 |
| 1933 | 289 | #319 | 0.29 |
| 1932 | 305 | #312 | 0.29 |
| 1931 | 297 | #317 | 0.29 |
| 1930 | 289 | #324 | 0.26 |
| 1929 | 281 | #330 | 0.26 |
| 1928 | 260 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1927 | 249 | #372 | 0.22 |
| 1926 | 243 | #376 | 0.22 |
| 1925 | 221 | #403 | 0.20 |
| 1924 | 233 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 207 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1922 | 186 | #451 | 0.17 |
| 1921 | 199 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 173 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1919 | 136 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 133 | #525 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 129 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 123 | #514 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 109 | #534 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 77 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 44 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 37 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 23 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,032 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 14 | #799 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,012 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,076 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 10 | #843 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 8 | #950 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 10 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 11 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 7 | #977 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 7 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 10 | #769 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 7 | #963 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,158 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 7 | #939 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Royce a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 35,662 Americans recorded as Royce, 7% are girls and 93% boys. In 2025 it went to 20 girls and 606 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Royce: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Royce, and how old are they?
24,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 70% of the 35,662 Americans ever recorded as Royce. The median Royce alive today is 26 years old; half are between 9 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 20,155 people named Royce (1,618 women and girls, 18,537 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 22,469 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,350 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,880 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,090 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,670 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 9,310 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Royce born?
The states with the most babies named Royce are Texas, California and Florida, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 78 | #432 | 2.0× |
| California | 67 | #480 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 50 | #392 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #475 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 19 | #534 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 18 | #582 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 18 | #480 | 0.7× |
| New York | 17 | #837 | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 17 | #426 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 16 | #621 | 0.5× |
Where Royce is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Royce is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Royce with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 67,346 babies since 1880, Royce is the most given (53% of them). In 2025 it was given to 626 of their 1,305 babies (48%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Royce
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1890-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Winston | 32,956 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Royce and names like it
- Compare Royce and RoccoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sRoyce peaked in 2019.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Royce since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Royce: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Royce.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Royce alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.