Royd — boys' name
55 babies named Royd in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Royd was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Royd in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Royd
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Royd between 1917 and 1979, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Royd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Royd performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Royd shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Royd in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 55 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Royd at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Royd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1917
- Peak year (1970)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
55 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 8 births in a single year.
Royd by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 23 births that decade — 42% of Royd's all-time total
Royd decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Royd's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.