How Many People Are Named Royston?
An estimated 167 people in the United States have the first name Royston. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Royston peaked in popularity in 2016 with 10 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Royston 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 Royston paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
167
About 1 in 2,052,421 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2016
10 births
Total Registered
244
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Royston
Royston is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 244 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Royston as a male name
Ranked #10,582 in 2023
7 male births in 2023
Peak: 2016 (10 births)
Royston: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Royston span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 59 babies were registered. While Royston is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Royston by Decade
How has Royston 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.
Royston + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Royston as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Royston: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Royston?
We estimate approximately 167 people named Royston 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 2,052,421 Americans share this first name.
Is Royston a common name?
Royston is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 244 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Royston most popular?
Royston reached peak popularity in 2016, when 10 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Royston is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Royston a male name?
Royston is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Royston Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Royston Smith, Royston Johnson, Royston 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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