Roya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roya: Recorded since 1996, it reached #896 in 2015, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#896highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3824
1998	#1979
2000	#3247
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2005	#3970
2006	#3116
2008	#2721
2009	#1909
2010	#5707
2011	#2636
2012	#2717
2013	#2460
2014	#2659
2015	#1649
2016	#1472
2017	#1628
2018	#2187
2019	#1497
2020	#2042
2021	#1962
2022	#2325
2023	#1863
2024	#1406

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2015: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1649 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Roya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Roya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000s	50	8 of 10	6
2010s	131	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	76	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Roya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Roya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #896, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aphra · #896, 21y
Deryn · #896, 26y
Elisse · #896, 21y
Haylie · #896, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aphra · #896, 21y
Caia · #896, 19y
Deryn · #896, 26y
Elisse · #896, 21y

Roya was ranked #896 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Roya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roya without appearing here.

Roya moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #5591.
Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2636 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.
Finn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.
George Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Roya

Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.
Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1979 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3247 and #1313.
Ada Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1979 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3247 and #1831.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3594 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Roya

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Roya went from #3247 to #1406 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Roya

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Roya went from #3824 to #1406 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Roya went from #3824 to #1406 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Roya went from #3247 to #1406 and Frida from #3912 to #811.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Roya went from #2466 to #1406 and Harper from #3262 to #22.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Roya

Roya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Roya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Roya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Roya at a glance

Roya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Roya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Roya

Roya and the names beside it

Roya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Roya

Moved the opposite way to Roya

Moved the same way as Roya