# Royston (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/royston/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 252 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 252 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 77, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 12,073 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,203 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12,181 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,538 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,822 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,872 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,504 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,408 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,050 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,692 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,591 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,394 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,575 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,592 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,538 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Royston

- Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
- Roy Romain, British swimmer, Olympic athlete, British Empire Games gold medallist (1918-2010)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.