Royalty
Royalty was the 782nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 347 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 339th with 937 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 369 places. More babies were named Royalty in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning royal status (English word) · English, French, Latin
Say it ROY-ul-tee /ˈrɔɪəlti/
- Rank in 2025
- #782 girls, down 390 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 347girls
- Girls and boys
- 94% girls, 6% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2019937 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,751babies recorded
What does the name Royalty mean?
Royalty is a modern American word name taken from the English noun for kings, queens and their families, or for royal rank. The word came from Old French roialte, built on roial, royal, which goes back to Latin regalis, kingly, from rex, king. Wiktionary records Royalty as a surname, but the given name is a recent coinage. It fits alongside other recent "regal" word names such as Royal and Reign.
roialte (Old French, “royalty”)regalis (Latin, “kingly”)rex (Latin, “king”)
How sure is this? Well established. The word's history is clear; the given name is a recent coinage with no older tradition.
Related names: Royal, Reign, Regal.
See also: English names, names that mean king or queen.
Sources for this meaning
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'royal' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Wiktionary, entry 'royalty' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Royalty' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Royalty popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #782 | #3,928 | 347 | 28 |
| 2020 | #392 | #2,651 | 794 | 48 |
| 2010 | #5,939 | #8,660 | 23 | 9 |
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How popular is Royalty, counting every spelling?
Royalty is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #738 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #782 for Royalty on its own. Together these spellings went to 378 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 347 | #782 | 2,823 |
| Royalti | 24 | #5,368 | 164 |
| Royaltee | 7 | #12,929 | 78 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Royalty?
347 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Royalty (0.10 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Royalty born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 24 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Royalty.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Royalty?
About 7,200 people born in the US named Royalty are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 9. That makes Royalty a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Royalty by state
How common Royalty was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.7×), Louisiana (3.0×), South Carolina (2.9×), Alabama (2.8×), Arkansas (2.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Royalty: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Royalty, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Royalty · Sibling names for Royalty
Questions about the name Royalty
What does Royalty mean?
Royalty means “royal status (English word)” (English, French, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Royalty?
Royalty was the 782nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 347 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 339th with 937 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 369 places. More babies were named Royalty in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Royalty a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 94% girls, 6% boys given the name Royalty in the US.
Where is Royalty most popular?
In 2021–2025, Royalty was most common in Mississippi (2.33 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and South Carolina.