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How popular is the name Roy?
Births per year, rank history and how many Roys are alive today.
Roy (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 728th in 2025 with 48 given the name. The name peaked in 1934, when around 3,800 babies were given the name, the 17th most popular that year. It has declined since 1934; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 120,000 babies have been named Roy in England and Wales since 1914. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Roy you are most likely to meet is around 81 years old. Half of all Roys born in England and Wales are between 58 and 83, and there are at least 61,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly an 18% chance that at least one of them will be called Roy.
How many babies are named Roy each year?
Where does Roy rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Roy most popular?
Roy peaked in 1934, when around 3,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Roy?
At least 61,000 people named Roy born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Roy?
Most living Roys are between 58 and 83; the most common age is about 81.
Is Roy becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.