Roya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROY-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Roya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dream, vision”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Roya mean?
Arabic: Persian name, from Arabic ru'ya
“dream, vision”
A Persian name meaning dream or vision, from a word borrowed from Arabic.
Is Roya a girl's or a boy's name?
Roya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 76 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,570th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Roya, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Roya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Roya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Roya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Roya, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had the most girls named Roya of any year since it first appeared, in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Roya in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,749 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Roya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua, Raya, Safa, Zara, Maya, Layla, Hana, Aria, Ayla, Amira, Esme, Khadija
Names related to Roya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Roya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roya, updated 20 October 2026.