Roy
41
Babies in 2024
+52%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 53
+28%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Roy
Roy peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (53 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 41 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Roy reached its peak in 1996, when 53 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #399 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 41 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 841 boys have been officially registered with the name Roy in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 334 boys were registered with the name, starting from 27 in 2014 and ending at 41 in 2024.