Roye
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Roye has been given to 205 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% boys, 21% girls all-time.
Babies named Roye, 1970
1 in 721,000
Roye over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Roye over time
In 1970, Roye went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Roye?
Roye had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1970
- 1 in 721,000
- 5 of 3,606,302 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 372,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1970
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 499,941 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Roye sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 499,941 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Roye. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Royes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Roye was born before 1933 — so the typical Roye is around 92 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 28.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 27.2%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 26
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 28.4% of all recorded uses (46).
Is Roye 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1923 (9)
- Years since peak
- 102
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.1% average annual change
Spellings of Roye
Roye is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 19.0% against Roye's <0.01%.
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.
Roye by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Roye
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Roye
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.