Recorded 1930–2016 Unisex name Peak 1930 26 births

Royse — boys' name

26 babies named Royse in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s111940s52010s10
1930s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Royse was born in this single decade.

1930
Single peak year

6 babies were named Royse in 1930 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Royse

The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Royse between 1930 and 2016, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Royse currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Royse is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2020.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Royse performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Royse shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Royse 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 26 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.

Royse at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

26

Since 1930

87 years of records

Peak year

1930

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1930s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1930

Recorded for 87 years

Last year on file: 2016

Royse popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1930

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1930)
6
Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
4.555.566.5 20162015194719381930 6

Royse popularity over time — girls

10 total births recorded since 2020 (Royse as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 10 births
5 20212020 5

Royse by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1930s
Peak decade
1930s
11 births that decade — 42% of Royse's all-time total
1930s111940s52010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Royse?
26 babies have been named Royse since 1930. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1930 with 6 births.
When was Royse most popular?
Royse was most popular in the 1930s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1930.
Is Royse a unisex name?
Yes, Royse is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 26 births, and as a girl's name it has 10 births.
How long has the name Royse been used?
Royse has been recorded in Social Security data since 1930, spanning 87 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Royse?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Roy, Royce, Royal, Royden, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1930–2016 (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.