How Many People Are Named Roya?
An estimated 1,494 people in the United States have the first name Roya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Roya peaked in popularity in 2023 with 73 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Roya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Roya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,494
About 1 in 229,421 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2023
73 births
Total Registered
1,545
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Roya
Roya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,545 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Roya as a female name
Ranked #2,808 in 2024
60 female births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (73 births)
Roya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Roya span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 392 babies were registered. While Roya is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Roya by Decade
How has Roya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Roya by State
Birth registrations for Roya span all 7 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Virginia, Michigan, Illinois. On average, about 62 Royas were registered per state.
Roya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Roya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Roya
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Roya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Roya?
We estimate approximately 1,494 people named Roya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 229,421 Americans share this first name.
Is Roya a common name?
Roya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,545 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Roya most popular?
Roya reached peak popularity in 2023, when 73 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Roya is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Roya a female name?
Roya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Roya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Roya Smith, Roya Johnson, Roya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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