Is Royale a boy or girl name?

Royale is a unisex name. Of the 1,608 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 57.8% were girls and 42.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2023, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Royale

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Royale was most popular in 2021, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,232 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,471, with 52 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,608 people named Royale.

Royale over time

Births per year. The dot marks Royale’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Royale a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Royale is a unisex name — 57.8% of the 1,608 Americans given it were girls and 42.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 58% girls and 42% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Royale

Where Royale is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org