Royalty
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Meaning
word name meaning 'royal rank, kingship', from Old French roialte
The story
Royalty is the title register's newest arrival and its most sweeping claim: King names the rank, Reign names the act, Royal names the quality, Saint names the grace, and Royalty names the entire estate at once, all of them storied here. The record barely existed before this era: about 90 in the 2000s, then 3,800 in the 2010s, and already 3,800 so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run. And the register's pattern breaks here in one welcome way: Royalty goes mostly to daughters, about 7,200 girls to 530 boys, where King and Saint run almost entirely to sons. The register keeps growing because the grammar keeps working: a word that states the wish outright, a certificate bold enough to carry it, and a record that keeps counting new members through the palace gate.
How popular is Royalty around the world?
In the United States, 3,848 babies were named Royalty between 2020 and 2025.
Royalty is on the official records of the United States and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 5,700
In the United States, 3,848 babies were named Royalty between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Royalty peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 45,000
In England and Wales, 13 girls named Royalty were born in 2025, ranked 2,138th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
last on record 2023
Royalty is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Royalty
Most people given the name Royalty in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Royalty deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Royalty truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Royalty fits with your family’s names and surname.
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