How popular is the baby name Roy in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Roy.
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The SS Laguardia left New York on May 30, 1950, for a month-long trip to the Mediterranean under the command of Capt. Hugh L. Switzer.
About a week before it returned to New York, Mrs. Gertrude Segelman of Spring Valley, NY, gave birth to a baby boy with the help of the ship’s surgeon, Dr. Roy Littlehale.
The baby was named Roy Hugh, after both the doctor and the captain.
Source: “Ship Ends Eventful Trip.” New York Times 29 Jun. 1950: 59.
What’s the best name-related television commercial of all time?
That would be the Emmy-nominated “Glen,” which advertised Starbucks DoubleShot cold espresso drinks during the summer of 2004.
Memorably, the commercial featured the band Survivor performing a song about a young man named Glen to the tune of their 1982 mega-hit “Eye of the Tiger” (which was the theme song of Rocky III).
Here’s the 60-second spot:
And here are the lyrics, so you can sing along:
Glen!
Glen, Glen, Glen!
Glen, Glen, Glen!
Glen, Glen, Glen…Glen’s the man, going to work
Got his tie, got ambition
Middle management is right in his grasp
It’s a dream he will never let die!Glen’s the man of the hour
He’s the king of his cube
Status call* reports have finally met their rival
Burnin’ the candle at both ends on his way to the top
He knows one day he just could become…
Supervisor![…]
Roy!
Roy Roy Roy!…
(*Some sources say the word is “quo,” while others say “call.” To me, it sounds a lot more like “call.”)
The popular commercial did help boost the sales of DoubleShot drinks (which had been on the market since 2002), but, sadly, it had no discernible effect on the baby name Glen:
Sources: Starbucks, Emmy Awards, North American Coffee Partnership
Image: Screenshots of the “Glen” Starbucks TV commercial
[Latest update: April 2023]
Looking for a boy name that’s short and to-the-point? Something that might work particularly well as a middle name?
Check out this list of several hundred one-syllable boy names:
Please note that I did include names in the gray area between one syllable and two syllables. The deciding factor on these particular names (such as Charles, Miles, and Noel) will be your own interpretation/accent, so be sure to test the names out loud before making any final decisions.
Many of these names also happen to be unisex, so they appear on the one-syllable girl names list as well.
What’s your favorite one-syllable boy name?
Image: Adapted from 1 Drvo 06241 by Olja Simovic under CC BY-SA 4.0.
[Latest update: July 2023]
Looking for a set of baby names with something in common? If so, here are some 3-letter anagram names for you to check out!
Anagrams are words that contain the same set of letters, but not in the same sequence. For instance, the words “pot,” “opt,” and “top” are all anagrams of one another.
Anagram names can be a neat option for siblings — particularly multiples (like twins and triplets). They’re also a clever way to connect a baby name to the name of an older relative (e.g., grandpa Ole, grandson Leo).
Below are hundreds of three-letter names (collected from the SSA’s huge database of U.S. baby names) that happen to be anagrams of other names.
Which pairing/group do you like best? Let me know in the comments!
To see anagram names of other lengths, check out these lists of 4-letter anagram names, 5-letter anagram names, 6-letter anagram names, 7-letter anagram names, and 8-letter anagram names.
[Latest update: April 2023]
