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Royale

#4,731 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Royal

Royale has been given to 1,608 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #4,731 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 72 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% girls, 42% boys all-time.

Babies named Royale, 2025

1 in 114,000

Royale over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Royale over time

In 2025, Royale went to 56% girls and 44% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Royale: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Royal

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Royale means

Royale is a variant of Royal.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Royale → Royal. The family’s meaning is “Royal; relating to a king or queen”, recorded in the naming reference for Royal.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Royal.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 930 girls were recorded with the name Royale between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 72 in 2018; its best national rank was #2,475 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,005 in 2020 to #4,731 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,549 in 2015 to #4,731 in 2025.

In the United States, 678 boys were recorded with the name Royale between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,457 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,684 in 2020 to #4,510 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,290 in 2015 to #4,510 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Royale?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 114,000
29 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 55,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,731
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
79,239 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Royale sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Royale. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Royales were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Royale was born before 2017 — so the typical Royale is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
930
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 47.7% of all recorded uses (444).

Is Royale rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,514
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,726
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,182
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.41×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
40.3%
Peak was 2018 (72)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,475
2018

Spellings of Royale

Royale is not the most common spelling — Rosalie is, with 67.2% against Royale's 0.74%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Royale is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Royale was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 5,882 girls, against 1 in 41,694 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

117 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 5,882
  2. 2Florida1 in 20,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 25,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 33,333
  5. 5New York1 in 33,333
  6. 6California1 in 100,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Royale is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Royale was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 622,079 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Royale has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Royale around the world

Where Royale ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2017–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • France
    2017–2017
    #6,853
    in 2017

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Royale by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,731
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,726
Best rank ever
#2,475
2018
Peak year
2018
72 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
930
Count in 2025
29

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,510
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,826
Best rank ever
#2,457
2021
Peak year
2021
55 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
678
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Royale

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RoyaltiRoyceRoyaRoyalRoyelleRoyaltyAbbygaleRoyleneRoyalteeDanyaleRoyannNataleAbbigalePascaleValeRoyettaAbigaleRoyalteRoyanneAbagaleAbygaleDonyaleMichaleRoy

Sibling names for Royale

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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