Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Roy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Roy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.7% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

7,560

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

92.7%

2024

552

All-time

408,050

Roy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 7,560 boys were named Roy.

In 2024, only 552 boys were given the name.

Down 92.7% from its peak.

All told, about 408,050 Americans have been named Roy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.7% from peak

In 1947:7,560 boys named Roy

In 2024:552 boys named Roy

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