Boy
Roy
As a boy's name, Roy traces back to French/Gaelic, where it is understood to mean "King". It had its heyday in the 1940s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1947.
French/GaelicKing
French/GaelicOr red-haired
Births by decade
1900s
10,714
1910s
40,628
1920s
63,803
1930s
51,865
1940s
65,982
1950s
62,150
1960s
40,298
1970s
22,532
1980s
14,444
1990s
8,591
2000s
5,568
2010s
3,989
Peaked in the 1940s · 390,564 total U.S. births since 1900