Boys' name · since 1940
Royer
Since 1940, U.S. Social Security records show 321 babies named Royer, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,216 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,268 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 321
- born since 1940
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Royer is the #7268 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 321 recorded since 1940.
Royer has 321 recorded births among boys since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7268 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #10,216 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,268 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 321 born since 1940
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Royer ranks #10,216 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,268 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 321 born since 1940, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,216 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,268 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 321
- born since 1940
- 2010s
- peak decade
Royer's 321 recorded births place it above 77.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Royer compares
321 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Royer's all-time total is 13% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Royer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 321 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Royer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Royer's full recorded timeline at 2009, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Royer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Royer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Royer's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Royer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (30% of all-time use).
Royer by state
Where Royer concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 5.3% |
17 of 321 births nationwide.
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What to do with Royer's data
- Royer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Royers (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Royer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~85 yrs)
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, 1940–2025 (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 Royer 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.