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Baby name
Roy
Boy
Origin of the name
Roy is usually explained by the Scottish Gaelic ruadh, “red.” It has also been linked to the Old French roy, “king.”
Classic name
408,638births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 48rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Roy are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Roy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Roy is most common in West Virginia (2.3 times), Arkansas (2.3) and Oklahoma (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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