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Boy's nameOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: rising

RoyIn Hebrew: רוי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רוֹי

Roy (Hebrew: רוי) is a boy's name of mixed origin. 4,971 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 178 boys and ranked #112. Its peak year was 2018, with 362 babies.

People in Israel
4,971
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
178
rank #112
Peak year
2018
362 babies
USA, 2025
570
rank #525

Writing and saying Roy

In Hebrew letters the name is רוי, read right to left. Roy is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Roy by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Roy: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Roy in English-speaking countries

Roy in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025570#5251947 (7,560)
United Kingdom202548#7801997 (63)
England and Wales202548#7281996 (53)
Ireland20253#7871974 (53)
British Columbia20239#3541957 (80)
Alberta20258#5502021 (16)
Quebec20256#6211991 (12)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Roy has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Roy

How do you write Roy in Hebrew?

Roy is written רוי in Hebrew (with vowel points: רוֹי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Roy?

4,971 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רוי: 80 women and 4,891 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Roy a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 98.4% of the people named רוי are men.

Is Roy used outside Israel?

The name Roy appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 570 boys were given it in 2025 (#525), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 48 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.