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Roy
Pronounced /ˈɹoɪ̯/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1927 · #899
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Also recorded for boys:552 in 2024 (#541)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Roy in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1927 with 69 babies, ranked #899.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 2,693 girls have been named Roy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Roy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 793 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 730 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 604 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 312 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 124 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From various sources: Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey. Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname). Doublet of Rai, rex, and rajah.
- (countable) A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- Origin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Say it
- /ˈɹoɪ̯/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Roy, CC BY-SA 4.0.