Boys' name · since 1916
Royston
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 252 babies named Royston, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,990 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Royston is the #8990 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 252 recorded since 1916.
Royston has 252 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8990 as of the latest data, more common than 35% 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 1916 to 2025.
- #11,622 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,990 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 252 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Royston ranks #11,622 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,990 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 252 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,990 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Royston's 252 recorded births place it above 74.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Royston compares
252 42nd 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
Royston's all-time total is 32% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Royston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 252 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Royston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Royston's full recorded timeline at 1989, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Royston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Royston by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Royston's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Royston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1920s
1920s
57 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Royston's data
- Royston's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Royston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Royston 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.