Royston

maleStatistical record

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

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

Royston: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,587 in 2001, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2587highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2005	#3208
2006	#3385
2009	#3227
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2014	#3362
2015	#4747
2019	#4702
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#3688

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2587 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Royston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Royston in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	29	7 of 10	4
2010s	21	6 of 10	4
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Royston appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2587 in England and Wales in 2001.

Royston'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	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,587, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

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Zipporah · #2574, 22y

Royston 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 Royston without appearing here.

Royston moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4747 and #3004 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4702 and #1745 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #4789.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Royston

Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3362 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Aksel Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #2837.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #3112.

Moved the opposite way to Royston

Arlo Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Royston went from #2587 to #3688 while Arlo went from #1949 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Royston went from #2587 to #3688 while Harper went from #2587 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Royston went from #2587 to #3688 while Kasper went from #1949 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Royston went from #2587 to #3688 while Leif went from #1746 to #814.

Moved the same way as Royston

Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Royston went from #2859 to #4702 and Brooke from #1174 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Royston went from #2859 to #4747 and Kim from #1174 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Royston went from #2859 to #4747 and Tayla from #2022 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2587 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Royston

Royston at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Royston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Royston at a glance

Royston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Royston and the names beside it

Royston moved ahead of

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