Royce
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Royce is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 499th for boys in the US (606 babies).
What does Royce mean?
English: surname from the medieval name Royse
From an English surname based on the medieval name Royse, a form of Rose; Henry Royce co-founded Rolls-Royce.
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Is Royce a girl's or a boy's name?
Royce is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 20 girls and 606 boys in the US.
How popular is Royce in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Royce, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Royce in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Royce or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
- Royce 21
- Rois 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Royce in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Royce in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 606about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 606 boys in the US were named Royce, making it the 499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 406th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 810 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892. 20 girls were also named Royce in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Royce than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Royce in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Royce in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 606 | #499 |
| 2024 | 670 | #461 |
| 2023 | 699 | #445 |
| 2022 | 778 | #414 |
| 2021 | 810 | #392 |
| 2020 | 730 | #406 |
| 2019 | 801 | #392 |
| 2018 | 693 | #436 |
| 2017 | 651 | #465 |
| 2016 | 661 | #462 |
| 2015 | 534 | #533 |
| 2014 | 604 | #475 |
| 2013 | 512 | #518 |
| 2012 | 543 | #492 |
| 2011 | 478 | #531 |
| 2010 | 306 | #742 |
| 2009 | 218 | #940 |
| 2008 | 225 | #914 |
| 2007 | 227 | #887 |
| 2006 | 216 | #901 |
| 2005 | 194 | #911 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,074 |
| 2003 | 136 | #1,121 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,097 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,093 |
| 2000 | 179 | #878 |
| 1999 | 158 | #924 |
| 1998 | 155 | #917 |
| 1997 | 132 | #979 |
| 1996 | 179 | #800 |
| 1995 | 192 | #772 |
| 1994 | 196 | #749 |
| 1993 | 206 | #722 |
| 1992 | 197 | #734 |
| 1991 | 194 | #724 |
| 1990 | 211 | #700 |
| 1989 | 194 | #703 |
| 1988 | 202 | #667 |
| 1987 | 196 | #655 |
| 1986 | 183 | #663 |
| 1985 | 215 | #597 |
| 1984 | 195 | #608 |
| 1983 | 168 | #659 |
| 1982 | 216 | #588 |
| 1981 | 190 | #619 |
| 1980 | 178 | #650 |
| 1979 | 187 | #625 |
| 1978 | 171 | #642 |
| 1977 | 182 | #621 |
| 1976 | 172 | #627 |
| 1975 | 146 | #682 |
| 1974 | 160 | #637 |
| 1973 | 164 | #616 |
| 1972 | 186 | #584 |
| 1971 | 228 | #532 |
| 1970 | 213 | #555 |
| 1969 | 231 | #512 |
| 1968 | 186 | #554 |
| 1967 | 228 | #496 |
| 1966 | 193 | #552 |
| 1965 | 220 | #513 |
| 1964 | 252 | #497 |
| 1963 | 276 | #479 |
| 1962 | 291 | #467 |
| 1961 | 274 | #482 |
| 1960 | 300 | #460 |
| 1959 | 337 | #437 |
| 1958 | 335 | #430 |
| 1957 | 328 | #425 |
| 1956 | 357 | #400 |
| 1955 | 375 | #372 |
| 1954 | 364 | #368 |
| 1953 | 354 | #364 |
| 1952 | 362 | #357 |
| 1951 | 355 | #363 |
| 1950 | 325 | #375 |
| 1949 | 328 | #372 |
| 1948 | 356 | #356 |
| 1947 | 361 | #358 |
| 1946 | 354 | #344 |
| 1945 | 323 | #331 |
| 1944 | 347 | #324 |
| 1943 | 372 | #317 |
| 1942 | 323 | #338 |
| 1941 | 357 | #304 |
| 1940 | 335 | #305 |
| 1939 | 297 | #316 |
| 1938 | 331 | #301 |
| 1937 | 326 | #298 |
| 1936 | 318 | #299 |
| 1935 | 365 | #283 |
| 1934 | 296 | #315 |
| 1933 | 289 | #317 |
| 1932 | 305 | #312 |
| 1931 | 297 | #317 |
| 1930 | 289 | #323 |
| 1929 | 281 | #330 |
| 1928 | 260 | #356 |
| 1927 | 249 | #371 |
| 1926 | 243 | #374 |
| 1925 | 221 | #403 |
| 1924 | 233 | #399 |
| 1923 | 207 | #419 |
| 1922 | 186 | #448 |
| 1921 | 199 | #431 |
| 1920 | 173 | #463 |
| 1919 | 136 | #511 |
| 1918 | 133 | #519 |
| 1917 | 129 | #505 |
| 1916 | 123 | #509 |
| 1915 | 109 | #531 |
| 1914 | 77 | #569 |
| 1913 | 44 | #681 |
| 1912 | 37 | #700 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
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