How Many People Are Named Royer?
An estimated 302 people in the United States have the first name Royer. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Royer peaked in popularity in 1992 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Royer 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 Royer paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
302
About 1 in 1,134,948 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
1992
20 births
Total Registered
310
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Royer
Royer is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 310 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Royer as a male name
Ranked #5,190 in 2024
19 male births in 2024
Peak: 1992 (20 births)
Royer: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Royer span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 96 babies were registered. While Royer is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Royer by Decade
How has Royer 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.
Royer by State
Royer + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Royer as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Royer
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Royer: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Royer?
We estimate approximately 302 people named Royer 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 1,134,948 Americans share this first name.
Is Royer a common name?
Royer is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 310 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Royer most popular?
Royer reached peak popularity in 1992, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Royer is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Royer a male name?
Royer is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Royer Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Royer Smith, Royer Johnson, Royer 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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