Roy is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1062 for boy births in the United States, given to 570 babies. Roy first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1947 (7,592 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 570 | #1,062 |
| 2024 | 553 | #1,080 |
| 2023 | 526 | #1,117 |
| 2022 | 514 | #1,146 |
| 2021 | 521 | #1,129 |
| 2020 | 487 | #1,167 |
| 2019 | 494 | #1,171 |
| 2018 | 520 | #1,117 |
| 2017 | 531 | #1,094 |
| 2016 | 539 | #1,111 |
| 2015 | 541 | #1,092 |
| 2014 | 525 | #1,107 |
| 2013 | 508 | #1,098 |
| 2012 | 466 | #1,171 |
| 2011 | 443 | #1,207 |
| 2010 | 457 | #1,199 |
| 2009 | 473 | #1,182 |
| 2008 | 552 | #1,050 |
| 2007 | 536 | #1,055 |
| 2006 | 599 | #955 |
| 2005 | 531 | #1,009 |
| 2004 | 543 | #983 |
| 2003 | 570 | #935 |
| 2002 | 566 | #919 |
| 2001 | 573 | #903 |
| 2000 | 638 | #837 |
| 1999 | 638 | #820 |
| 1998 | 655 | #789 |
| 1997 | 749 | #708 |
| 1996 | 719 | #715 |
| 1995 | 732 | #694 |
| 1994 | 863 | #624 |
| 1993 | 897 | #603 |
| 1992 | 992 | #565 |
| 1991 | 1,129 | #490 |
| 1990 | 1,227 | #465 |
| 1989 | 1,269 | #438 |
| 1988 | 1,175 | #444 |
| 1987 | 1,280 | #408 |
| 1986 | 1,293 | #401 |
| 1985 | 1,396 | #379 |
| 1984 | 1,401 | #373 |
| 1983 | 1,472 | #363 |
| 1982 | 1,628 | #343 |
| 1981 | 1,740 | #321 |
| 1980 | 1,801 | #307 |
| 1979 | 1,769 | #308 |
| 1978 | 1,812 | #301 |
| 1977 | 1,939 | #286 |
| 1976 | 1,885 | #283 |
| 1975 | 2,136 | #261 |
| 1974 | 2,205 | #254 |
| 1973 | 2,252 | #248 |
| 1972 | 2,492 | #240 |
| 1971 | 2,978 | #233 |
| 1970 | 3,056 | #237 |
| 1969 | 3,021 | #225 |
| 1968 | 3,207 | #205 |
| 1967 | 3,303 | #202 |
| 1966 | 3,545 | #193 |
| 1965 | 3,803 | #197 |
| 1964 | 4,180 | #192 |
| 1963 | 4,463 | #189 |
| 1962 | 4,505 | #192 |
| 1961 | 4,995 | #180 |
| 1960 | 5,286 | #172 |
| 1959 | 5,218 | #175 |
| 1958 | 5,555 | #162 |
| 1957 | 6,096 | #142 |
| 1956 | 6,155 | #140 |
| 1955 | 6,378 | #128 |
| 1954 | 6,547 | #123 |
| 1953 | 6,687 | #117 |
| 1952 | 6,556 | #117 |
| 1951 | 6,504 | #112 |
| 1950 | 6,486 | #106 |
| 1949 | 6,651 | #107 |
| 1948 | 7,095 | #97 |
| 1947 | 7,592 | #96 |
| 1946 | 6,962 | #88 |
| 1945 | 6,209 | #81 |
| 1944 | 6,569 | #81 |
| 1943 | 6,983 | #78 |
| 1942 | 6,356 | #87 |
| 1941 | 5,988 | #82 |
| 1940 | 5,602 | #82 |
| 1939 | 5,183 | #83 |
| 1938 | 5,064 | #81 |
| 1937 | 4,920 | #80 |
| 1936 | 4,846 | #82 |
| 1935 | 4,967 | #77 |
| 1934 | 5,145 | #72 |
| 1933 | 4,955 | #81 |
| 1932 | 5,274 | #80 |
| 1931 | 5,549 | #72 |
| 1930 | 5,973 | #70 |
| 1929 | 5,879 | #75 |
| 1928 | 6,278 | #72 |
| 1927 | 6,456 | #72 |
| 1926 | 6,277 | #75 |
| 1925 | 6,429 | #74 |
| 1924 | 6,603 | #72 |
| 1923 | 6,367 | #72 |
| 1922 | 6,519 | #72 |
| 1921 | 6,594 | #73 |
| 1920 | 6,401 | #72 |
| 1919 | 6,014 | #74 |
| 1918 | 6,255 | #72 |
| 1917 | 5,624 | #75 |
| 1916 | 5,364 | #73 |
| 1915 | 5,095 | #72 |
| 1914 | 3,873 | #74 |
| 1913 | 3,107 | #77 |
| 1912 | 2,609 | #83 |
| 1911 | 1,412 | #103 |
| 1910 | 1,276 | #105 |
| 1909 | 1,143 | #100 |
| 1908 | 1,104 | #99 |
| 1907 | 1,141 | #94 |
| 1906 | 1,033 | #95 |
| 1905 | 1,025 | #97 |
| 1904 | 1,135 | #84 |
| 1903 | 975 | #91 |
| 1902 | 1,012 | #87 |
| 1901 | 925 | #85 |
| 1900 | 1,221 | #84 |
| 1899 | 919 | #84 |
| 1898 | 1,059 | #85 |
| 1897 | 1,008 | #78 |
| 1896 | 1,027 | #83 |
| 1895 | 1,038 | #78 |
| 1894 | 1,029 | #80 |
| 1893 | 925 | #82 |
| 1892 | 1,053 | #75 |
| 1891 | 849 | #79 |
| 1890 | 952 | #74 |
| 1889 | 894 | #72 |
| 1888 | 865 | #78 |
| 1887 | 733 | #77 |
| 1886 | 772 | #74 |
| 1885 | 696 | #78 |
| 1884 | 680 | #82 |
| 1883 | 556 | #87 |
| 1882 | 521 | #91 |
| 1881 | 440 | #92 |
| 1880 | 440 | #94 |