Roy

Meaning and origin of Roy

Popularity of Roy in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Roy has been stable (+3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Roy every 139 schools, all spellings combined.

Roy in English-speaking countries

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  328^th boys’ name33 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,350

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  425^th boys’ name84 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,023+2.7% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  540^th boys’ name1,649 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,118+2.7% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  556^th boys’ name16 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,489

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  807^th boys’ name121 babies in 3 years1 boy in 6,829+12.4% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  718^th boys’ name8 babies in 3 years1 boy in 7,492

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Roi (in French)abroad

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Roy

• Rowan
• Kenny
• Riley
• Dwayne
• Wayne
• Jake
• Clark
• Jed
• Finn
• Glenn
• Ronan
• Kim

See also

• →French names of Celtic origin