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The name Roy is of Scottish Gaelic origin, and means red. The table below indicates the number of times the name Roy has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Roy**
Use of the Name Roy for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
397,075	117,155	25,673	6,326	2,856	1,096	530

The table below indicates the number of times the name Roy has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Roy**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	37	440
1881	34	440
1882	33	521
1883	30	556
1884	26	680
1885	24	691
1886	20	767
1887	20	726
1888	20	856	950	9
1889	18	888
1890	18	941	866	11
1891	18	838	885	11
1892	18	1,048
1893	18	920
1894	18	1,019	988	11
1895	19	1,028
1896	19	1,027
1897	19	999
1898	20	1,049
1899	20	912
1900	21	1,215
1901	20	917
1902	22	1,002
1903	22	975
1904	21	1,123
1905	24	1,017
1906	24	1,024
1907	24	1,129
1908	26	1,098
1909	28	1,132
1910	29	1,268
1911	31	1,391
1912	31	2,589
1913	32	3,083
1914	32	3,855
1915	32	5,048
1916	33	5,330
1917	33	5,577
1918	32	6,234
1919	32	5,968
1920	32	6,355
1921	32	6,541
1922	32	6,462	961	61
1923	33	6,315
1924	31	6,552
1925	32	6,355
1926	34	6,225
1927	34	6,375	901	69
1928	34	6,216
1929	35	5,804	889	65
1930	33	5,895	989	56
1931	35	5,485	911	59
1932	38	5,208
1933	39	4,900	997	49
1934	36	5,088
1935	40	4,946
1936	41	4,817
1937	40	4,878
1938	41	5,036
1939	42	5,153
1940	42	5,564
1941	39	5,942
1942	42	6,317
1943	38	6,890
1944	39	6,509
1945	40	6,177
1946	43	6,887
1947	48	7,521
1948	49	7,051
1949	51	6,584
1950	51	6,457
1951	52	6,445
1952	56	6,522
1953	54	6,639
1954	56	6,488
1955	58	6,302
1956	62	6,123
1957	66	6,045
1958	75	5,515
1959	81	5,170
1960	81	5,237
1961	83	4,948
1962	90	4,478
1963	89	4,436
1964	90	4,150
1965	95	3,789
1966	94	3,516
1967	95	3,267
1968	94	3,176
1969	104	3,011
1970	108	3,034
1971	110	2,949
1972	113	2,477
1973	117	2,232
1974	122	2,180
1975	122	2,124
1976	139	1,869
1977	141	1,908
1978	147	1,795
1979	150	1,751
1980	153	1,773
1981	157	1,725
1982	167	1,613
1983	176	1,450
1984	182	1,382
1985	186	1,374
1986	197	1,282
1987	203	1,256
1988	220	1,159
1989	217	1,253
1990	236	1,221
1991	247	1,122
1992	286	988
1993	306	893
1994	307	856
1995	336	726
1996	346	715
1997	344	744
1998	384	651
1999	393	634
2000	402	630
2001	428	570
2002	440	560
2003	442	566
2004	470	530
Totals:		397,075		401

During the last 125 years, parents have used Roy as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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