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Royer

Boy · ROY-er · French

Royer is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “wheelwright”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).

What does Royer mean?

French: French occupational surname

“wheelwright”

A French surname for a wheelwright, from Old French roe 'wheel'.

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ROY-er

Is Royer a girl's or a boy's name?

Royer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Royer in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,190among boys
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Royer, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1940.

Half of all the boys named Royer in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1940Busiest: 20 in 19922025
Royer in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#7,190
202419#5,063
202310#7,733
202214#6,141
202112#6,693
20205#12,016
201910#7,638
20187#9,664
201710#7,542
201610#7,600
201512#6,671
201413#6,303
201311#7,021
20128#8,858
20117#9,593
20108#8,797
200911#7,231
20085#12,546
20077#9,782
20067#9,579
20057#9,108
20046#9,941
200313#5,551
20028#7,636
20017#8,332
20006#9,104
19990–
19988#6,837
19970–
19969#5,975
199512#4,785
199411#5,103
199311#4,995
199220#3,213
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19406#3,130

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