Roy Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Roy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 408,638 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

408,638

Peak year

1947 #48

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+4.2%

In the 1940s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	443	#566
2012	466	#559
2013	508	#524
2014	525	#531
2015	534	#533
2016	539	#540
2017	531	#533
2018	520	#541
2019	494	#565
2020	487	#572
2021	521	#551
2022	509	#576
2023	526	#556
2024	553	#541
2025	570	#525

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1947

718

407

347

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338

313

Names from the same era

James · 1947 John · 1947 Robert · 1947 William · 1947 Charles · 1947 Ronald · 1947 Larry · 1947 Jerry · 1947 Willie · 1947 Wayne · 1947

Names similar to Roy

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