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How popular is the name Royston?
Births per year, rank history and how many Roystons are alive today.
Royston (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 4 in 2025, ranked 4275th. The name peaked in 1934, when around 340 babies were given the name, the 93rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1934; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 12,000 babies have been named Royston in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Royston you are most likely to meet is around 74 years old. Half of all Roystons born in England and Wales are between 56 and 79, and there are at least 9,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3% chance that at least one of them will be called Royston.
How many babies are named Royston each year?
Where does Royston 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 Royston most popular?
Royston peaked in 1934, when around 340 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Royston?
At least 9,300 people named Royston born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Royston?
Most living Roystons are between 56 and 79; the most common age is about 74.
Is Royston becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1934 peak.