Royal
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Royal is a name of English origin, meaning “kingly, royal”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 476th for boys in the US (640 babies).
What does Royal mean?
English: English word, from Latin regalis via Old French
“kingly, royal”
From the English word for kingly, ultimately from Latin regalis; its root rex, 'king', also gives the names Rex and Regina.
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Is Royal a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Royal has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 125 girls and 640 boys in the US.
How popular is Royal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Royal, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Royal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 40% of the babies named Royal in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Royal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Royal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #476among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 640about 1 in 2,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 640 boys in the US were named Royal, making it the 476th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 405th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 888 boys. 125 girls were also named Royal in 2025 (1,652nd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Royal than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Royal in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 4% of the babies named Royal in the US in 1928, and 16% in 2025.
Royal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 640 | #476 |
| 2024 | 745 | #424 |
| 2023 | 795 | #401 |
| 2022 | 880 | #369 |
| 2021 | 888 | #369 |
| 2020 | 740 | #405 |
| 2019 | 653 | #458 |
| 2018 | 610 | #479 |
| 2017 | 577 | #502 |
| 2016 | 662 | #461 |
| 2015 | 648 | #465 |
| 2014 | 489 | #570 |
| 2013 | 235 | #886 |
| 2012 | 194 | #1,015 |
| 2011 | 148 | #1,193 |
| 2010 | 145 | #1,219 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,482 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,412 |
| 2006 | 75 | #1,823 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,865 |
| 2004 | 61 | #1,970 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,042 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,908 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 52 | #1,868 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,983 |
| 1994 | 52 | #1,711 |
| 1993 | 50 | #1,716 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 52 | #1,609 |
| 1990 | 66 | #1,365 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 55 | #1,400 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,634 |
| 1986 | 48 | #1,438 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,190 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,253 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,050 |
| 1971 | 67 | #990 |
| 1970 | 73 | #931 |
| 1969 | 64 | #959 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,057 |
| 1967 | 67 | #875 |
| 1966 | 66 | #888 |
| 1965 | 78 | #831 |
| 1964 | 78 | #860 |
| 1963 | 69 | #898 |
| 1962 | 79 | #849 |
| 1961 | 90 | #802 |
| 1960 | 95 | #781 |
| 1959 | 91 | #800 |
| 1958 | 65 | #943 |
| 1957 | 100 | #749 |
| 1956 | 130 | #668 |
| 1955 | 104 | #714 |
| 1954 | 110 | #687 |
| 1953 | 118 | #653 |
| 1952 | 104 | #680 |
| 1951 | 134 | #600 |
| 1950 | 112 | #660 |
| 1949 | 129 | #600 |
| 1948 | 126 | #601 |
| 1947 | 154 | #541 |
| 1946 | 120 | #586 |
| 1945 | 144 | #497 |
| 1944 | 135 | #524 |
| 1943 | 122 | #572 |
| 1942 | 124 | #552 |
| 1941 | 108 | #571 |
| 1940 | 127 | #513 |
| 1939 | 112 | #539 |
| 1938 | 134 | #502 |
| 1937 | 131 | #503 |
| 1936 | 128 | #500 |
| 1935 | 123 | #520 |
| 1934 | 127 | #517 |
| 1933 | 145 | #461 |
| 1932 | 149 | #470 |
| 1931 | 148 | #463 |
| 1930 | 158 | #470 |
| 1929 | 212 | #399 |
| 1928 | 182 | #443 |
| 1927 | 196 | #432 |
| 1926 | 181 | #452 |
| 1925 | 200 | #424 |
| 1924 | 214 | #418 |
| 1923 | 226 | #396 |
| 1922 | 228 | #400 |
| 1921 | 191 | #446 |
| 1920 | 200 | #422 |
| 1919 | 202 | #409 |
| 1918 | 223 | #399 |
| 1917 | 186 | #413 |
| 1916 | 174 | #427 |
| 1915 | 157 | #432 |
| 1914 | 125 | #429 |
| 1913 | 91 | #451 |
| 1912 | 100 | #384 |
| 1911 | 36 | #489 |
| 1910 | 44 | #396 |
| 1909 | 41 | #371 |
| 1908 | 38 | #374 |
| 1907 | 28 | #439 |
| 1906 | 38 | #335 |
| 1905 | 30 | #384 |
| 1904 | 30 | #368 |
| 1903 | 28 | #360 |
| 1902 | 31 | #355 |
| 1901 | 23 | #394 |
| 1900 | 25 | #455 |
| 1899 | 28 | #336 |
| 1898 | 26 | #385 |
| 1897 | 20 | #422 |
| 1896 | 26 | #380 |
| 1895 | 32 | #326 |
| 1894 | 23 | #387 |
| 1893 | 38 | #283 |
| 1892 | 42 | #279 |
| 1891 | 33 | #283 |
| 1890 | 31 | #312 |
| 1889 | 37 | #274 |
| 1888 | 40 | #284 |
| 1887 | 24 | #333 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | 28 | #318 |
| 1884 | 32 | #306 |
| 1883 | 21 | #371 |
| 1882 | 27 | #332 |
| 1881 | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | 26 | #334 |
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