Boys' name · since 1930
Roylee
Roylee has 83 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1936 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 1930
- 1960s
- peak decade
Roylee sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 83 recorded since 1930.
Roylee has 83 recorded births among boys since 1930, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2013.
- #18,664 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 83 born since 1930
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roylee ranks #18,664 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 1930, peaking in the 1960s.
- #18,664 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 1930
- 1960s
- peak decade
Roylee's 83 recorded births place it above 58.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Roylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Roylee splits its recorded history at 1966: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1936 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Roylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2013
- Peak year (1936)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Roylee by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (42 births, 51% of the file).
1960s was Roylee's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Roylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
19 births
- 1960s
1960s
42 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 42 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Roylee's decade-level peak was the 1960s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Roylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~83 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, 1930–2013 (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 Roylee 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.