Roy

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Roy is both a given name and a family surname with varied origins.

From Wikipedia

Roy first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 53 babies (rank #401 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Roy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Roy yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

585
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
53
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199653#401
199749#424
199834#551
199928#635
200023#769
200127#682
200231#650
200325#828
200431#743
200521#1,039
200618#1,211
200721#1,157
200830#913
200926#1,029
201031#936
201122#1,198
201220#1,305
201317#1,449
201427#1,056
201528#1,036
201623#1,221