Roey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROH-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Roey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my shepherd”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Roey mean?
Hebrew: spelling of the Israeli name Roi
“my shepherd”
The word appears in Psalm 23, 'The Lord is my shepherd'.
Is Roey a girl's or a boy's name?
Roey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Roey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Roey, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997. 5 girls were also named Roey in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Roey in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Roey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Raiden Kayden Rayden Brayden Aiden Declan Brody Finnegan Deacon Rowdy Rowan
Names related to Roey
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Roey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roey, updated 20 October 2026.