girls:
2.5k births since 1915
#3496 (39th percentile)
boys:
31.9k births since 1892
#643 (86th percentile)
overall:
34.3k births since 1892
#1356 (82nd percentile)
The name Royce is the #1,356 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 34,319 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 82.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #643 (86.0% percentile) for all time with 31,865 births since 1892. For girls, it ranks #3,496 (38.8% percentile) for all time with 2,454 births since 1915.
Royce first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for boys and 1915 for girls). Birth data for Royce is available in 128 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023 (128 years for boys and 102 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Royce has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.7% of babies named Royce were boys.
For boys, Royce reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 60.0% percentile (ranked #373) with 431 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 431 births per million (ranked 60.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Royce ranks #409 for boys (55.2% percentile) with 379 births per million, which is 88.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Royce reached its peak popularity in 1945, achieving the 8.8% percentile (ranked #558) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1945, with 44 births per million (ranked 8.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Royce ranks #913 for girls (3.6% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 50.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Royce".
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