Roy remains a common boys' name (#525 in 2025), down from a peak of #18 in 1889.
Roy is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #525 for boy births in the United States (and #1,065 across all names), given to 570 babies — 575 including U.S. territories. Roy first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (7,560 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 570 | 575 | — | #525 |
| 2024 | 553 | 553 | — | #541 |
| 2023 | 526 | 526 | — | #556 |
| 2022 | 514 | 514 | #17,298 | #576 |
| 2021 | 521 | 521 | — | #551 |
| 2020 | 487 | 487 | — | #572 |
| 2019 | 494 | 494 | — | #565 |
| 2018 | 520 | 526 | — | #541 |
| 2017 | 531 | 531 | — | #533 |
| 2016 | 539 | 549 | — | #540 |
| 2015 | 541 | 547 | #14,222 | #533 |
| 2014 | 525 | 525 | — | #531 |
| 2013 | 508 | 513 | — | #524 |
| 2012 | 466 | 466 | — | #559 |
| 2011 | 443 | 452 | — | #566 |
| 2010 | 457 | 462 | — | #555 |
| 2009 | 473 | 473 | — | #557 |
| 2008 | 552 | 561 | — | #496 |
| 2007 | 536 | 541 | — | #495 |
| 2006 | 599 | 604 | — | #451 |
| 2005 | 531 | 541 | — | #471 |
| 2004 | 543 | 552 | — | #467 |
| 2003 | 570 | 583 | — | #440 |
| 2002 | 566 | 573 | — | #439 |
| 2001 | 573 | 579 | — | #428 |
| 2000 | 638 | 646 | — | #400 |
| 1999 | 638 | 653 | — | #393 |
| 1998 | 655 | 668 | — | #381 |
| 1997 | 749 | — | — | #344 |
| 1996 | 719 | — | — | #345 |
| 1995 | 732 | — | — | #336 |
| 1994 | 863 | — | — | #306 |
| 1993 | 897 | — | — | #306 |
| 1992 | 992 | — | — | #285 |
| 1991 | 1,129 | — | — | #247 |
| 1990 | 1,227 | — | — | #235 |
| 1989 | 1,269 | — | #7,341 | #217 |
| 1988 | 1,175 | — | #7,015 | #220 |
| 1987 | 1,280 | — | #4,830 | #203 |
| 1986 | 1,293 | — | #7,004 | #197 |
| 1985 | 1,396 | — | #4,603 | #186 |
| 1984 | 1,401 | — | #4,283 | #182 |
| 1983 | 1,472 | — | #4,640 | #176 |
| 1982 | 1,628 | — | #6,267 | #167 |
| 1981 | 1,740 | — | #5,183 | #157 |
| 1980 | 1,801 | — | #3,695 | #153 |
| 1979 | 1,769 | — | #4,572 | #150 |
| 1978 | 1,812 | — | #4,210 | #147 |
| 1977 | 1,939 | — | #3,058 | #141 |
| 1976 | 1,885 | — | #4,544 | #139 |
| 1975 | 2,136 | — | #4,312 | #122 |
| 1974 | 2,205 | — | #3,661 | #122 |
| 1973 | 2,252 | — | #3,920 | #117 |
| 1972 | 2,492 | — | #3,852 | #114 |
| 1971 | 2,978 | — | #3,629 | #111 |
| 1970 | 3,056 | — | #4,003 | #108 |
| 1969 | 3,021 | — | #3,081 | #105 |
| 1968 | 3,207 | — | #2,236 | #94 |
| 1967 | 3,303 | — | #2,364 | #95 |
| 1966 | 3,545 | — | #2,560 | #94 |
| 1965 | 3,803 | — | #3,026 | #95 |
| 1964 | 4,180 | — | #2,183 | #89 |
| 1963 | 4,463 | — | #2,598 | #89 |
| 1962 | 4,505 | — | #2,249 | #90 |
| 1961 | 4,995 | — | #2,237 | #83 |
| 1960 | 5,286 | — | #2,084 | #80 |
| 1959 | 5,218 | — | #1,910 | #81 |
| 1958 | 5,555 | — | #2,061 | #75 |
| 1957 | 6,096 | — | #1,920 | #65 |
| 1956 | 6,155 | — | #2,441 | #62 |
| 1955 | 6,378 | — | #1,495 | #58 |
| 1954 | 6,547 | — | #1,794 | #56 |
| 1953 | 6,687 | — | #1,778 | #55 |
| 1952 | 6,556 | — | #1,771 | #55 |
| 1951 | 6,504 | — | #1,552 | #52 |
| 1950 | 6,486 | — | #1,673 | #51 |
| 1949 | 6,651 | — | #1,799 | #51 |
| 1948 | 7,095 | — | #1,813 | #49 |
| 1947 | 7,592 | — | #1,715 | #48 |
| 1946 | 6,962 | — | #1,462 | #43 |
| 1945 | 6,209 | — | #1,653 | #40 |
| 1944 | 6,569 | — | #1,361 | #39 |
| 1943 | 6,983 | — | #1,141 | #38 |
| 1942 | 6,356 | — | #1,191 | #42 |
| 1941 | 5,988 | — | #1,238 | #39 |
| 1940 | 5,602 | — | #1,214 | #42 |
| 1939 | 5,183 | — | #1,465 | #42 |
| 1938 | 5,064 | — | #1,638 | #41 |
| 1937 | 4,920 | — | #1,351 | #40 |
| 1936 | 4,846 | — | #1,313 | #42 |
| 1935 | 4,967 | — | #1,411 | #40 |
| 1934 | 5,145 | — | #1,121 | #35 |
| 1933 | 4,955 | — | #996 | #39 |
| 1932 | 5,274 | — | #1,208 | #38 |
| 1931 | 5,549 | — | #896 | #35 |
| 1930 | 5,973 | — | #990 | #33 |
| 1929 | 5,879 | — | #874 | #35 |
| 1928 | 6,278 | — | #1,082 | #34 |
| 1927 | 6,456 | — | #902 | #34 |
| 1926 | 6,277 | — | #1,031 | #34 |
| 1925 | 6,429 | — | #1,046 | #32 |
| 1924 | 6,603 | — | #1,168 | #31 |
| 1923 | 6,367 | — | #1,075 | #32 |
| 1922 | 6,519 | — | #961 | #32 |
| 1921 | 6,594 | — | #1,090 | #32 |
| 1920 | 6,401 | — | #1,114 | #32 |
| 1919 | 6,014 | — | #1,119 | #32 |
| 1918 | 6,255 | — | #1,120 | #32 |
| 1917 | 5,624 | — | #1,178 | #33 |
| 1916 | 5,364 | — | #1,185 | #33 |
| 1915 | 5,095 | — | #1,023 | #32 |
| 1914 | 3,873 | — | #1,430 | #32 |
| 1913 | 3,107 | — | #1,458 | #32 |
| 1912 | 2,609 | — | #1,289 | #31 |
| 1911 | 1,412 | — | #1,066 | #31 |
| 1910 | 1,276 | — | #1,749 | #29 |
| 1909 | 1,143 | — | #1,739 | #28 |
| 1908 | 1,104 | — | #1,826 | #26 |
| 1907 | 1,141 | — | #1,131 | #24 |
| 1906 | 1,033 | — | #1,400 | #24 |
| 1905 | 1,025 | — | #1,399 | #24 |
| 1904 | 1,135 | — | #1,086 | #21 |
| 1903 | 975 | — | — | #22 |
| 1902 | 1,012 | — | #1,203 | #22 |
| 1901 | 925 | — | #1,317 | #20 |
| 1900 | 1,221 | — | #1,899 | #21 |
| 1899 | 919 | — | #1,373 | #20 |
| 1898 | 1,059 | — | #1,162 | #20 |
| 1897 | 1,008 | — | #1,153 | #19 |
| 1896 | 1,027 | — | — | #19 |
| 1895 | 1,038 | — | #1,111 | #19 |
| 1894 | 1,029 | — | #988 | #18 |
| 1893 | 925 | — | #1,409 | #18 |
| 1892 | 1,053 | — | #1,630 | #18 |
| 1891 | 849 | — | #883 | #18 |
| 1890 | 952 | — | #866 | #18 |
| 1889 | 894 | — | #1,254 | #18 |
| 1888 | 865 | — | #950 | #20 |
| 1887 | 733 | — | #1,022 | #20 |
| 1886 | 772 | — | #1,257 | #20 |
| 1885 | 696 | — | #1,177 | #24 |
| 1884 | 680 | — | — | #26 |
| 1883 | 556 | — | — | #30 |
| 1882 | 521 | — | — | #33 |
| 1881 | 440 | — | — | #34 |
| 1880 | 440 | — | — | #37 |