How Many People Are Named Royce?
people named Royce are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,566 people in the US has this name
Based on 35,662 babies named Royce in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
857 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of ROSE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Royce, 7.2% were girls and 92.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 4.6% of the babies were girls then and 5.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Royce alive today is about 34 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Royce first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 2019, to 857 babies. In 2025, 626 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Royce has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #283, in 1935. In 2025 it ranked #500.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #500 |
| Best rank | #283 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #501 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Royce alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Royce were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,690 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Royce was given 3 times as often in Hawaii, 2.6 times in Oklahoma and 2.5 times in Texas.
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