Meanings & themes
Royal names with real thrones behind them
27 names · 13 girls · 14 boys · records through 2025
Royal names are pre-vetted by history: every one has survived centuries of public life.
This guide has 27 names: 13 girl names and 14 boy names. A curated set of royal names matched against the latest records; only names in real use appear. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
Before the names
Here is the working royalty of the naming world — monarchs' and princesses' names in current American use.
Girl names
13 names
Boy names
14 names
- Henry#5 today
- James#6 today
- William#9 today
- Alexander#30 today
- Charles#48 today
- Arthur#87 today
- George#126 today
- Edward#224 today
- Louis#249 today
- Archie#301 today
- Frederick#435 today
- Philip#527 today
- Albert#614 today
- Leopold#1992 today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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