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Roy

Boy3 letters

#829

in Ireland (2025)

#787 with spellings combined

3

babies in 2025

#101

best rank (1969)

1,136

babies since 1964

Roy through the years

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Roy: babies per year in Ireland, 1964 to 20250204060196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series changePeak 1974: 53
Roy: rank per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025#1#10#50#100#250#500#1000196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Roy: per 10,000 boys per year in Ireland, 1964 to 202505101520196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Babies per 10,000 boys listed by the CSO that year, which evens out changes in the number of births.
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YearBabies (boys)Rank
20253#787
20246#501
20237#460
20225#552
20207#441
20195#537
20186#493
20174#610
20164#601
201410#382
20138#422
20126#500
20115#540
20105#542
20096#472
20085#529
200713#282
200613#257
20056#370
20045#391
200313#214
200219#180
20018#251
200012#196
19995#290
199810#203
199716#184
199618#169
199528#139
199426#141
199323#151
199219#162
199121#154
199022#155
198927#136
198818#154
198727#138
198635#118
198523#149
198425#141
198326#141
198227#139
198128#142
198033#126
197937#123
197837#119
197734#122
197641#115
197549#106
197453#103
197336#121
197240#114
197130#127
197021#145
196941#101
196819#134
196724#114
196613#144
196516#129
19647#181

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.

We haven't written up the meaning and story of Roy yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.

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Roy31,136

In Northern Ireland

Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #265 (2005); 16 babies since 1997.

Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.

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