ROY is ranked as the 200th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 329,585.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 103.36 people named ROY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 81% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named ROY is 210,402.
The SSA data also shows that ROY is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
ROY is
75.3% White,
6.3% Hispanic origin,
13.8% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name ROY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name ROY is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Norwegian masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Spanish hypocoristics masculine given name
Scottish masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name ROY
The state with the most people named
ROY is
Texas where
43,467 people have this name.
Hawaii is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named ROY, as
173.46 in every 100,000
Hawaiians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Hawaii is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name ROY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
8,457
65.66
99.5%
Indiana
5,489
83.21
99.2%
Iowa
2,581
83.07
98.9%
Kansas
2,553
87.9
98.5%
Michigan
10,871
109.7
99.7%
Minnesota
4,431
81.2
99.3%
Missouri
3,703
123.67
99.2%
Nebraska
1,202
63.9
97.3%
North Dakota
298
40.24
91.8%
Ohio
8,076
69.66
99.3%
South Dakota
398
46.64
93.2%
Wisconsin
5,239
91
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name ROY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
749
101.61
95.6%
Arizona
4,882
72.52
98.9%
California
37,944
97.79
99.8%
Colorado
3,539
66.07
98.9%
Hawaii
2,462
173.46
99.6%
Idaho
1,398
85.51
97.7%
Montana
745
72.81
96.1%
Nevada
2,100
73.98
98.5%
New Mexico
1,931
92.57
98.0%
Oregon
3,361
84.65
98.9%
Utah
1,499
50.93
97.8%
Washington
8,675
122.84
99.7%
Wyoming
569
97.38
95.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name ROY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have ROY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named ROY.
The most popular full name is ROY Smith.
1.06% of all the people named ROY
have this family name.
There are 23242 last
names associated with this first name.