Coy
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #1,451 for boys in 2025, 123 births
Given to boys 95.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 69 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,348since 1880
Coy over time
Rank among boys' names. Coy has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,451 | 123 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,503 | 119 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,650 | 104 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,496 | 121 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,621 | 104 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,378 | 127 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,386 | 128 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,364 | 129 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,276 | 142 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,288 | 141 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,297 | 137 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,205 | 152 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,155 | 156 |
| 2012 | — | #1,135 | 161 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,404 | 118 |
| 2010 | — | #1,284 | 135 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,290 | 136 |
| 2008 | — | #1,361 | 125 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,229 | 143 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,085 | 162 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,257 | 125 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,016 | 161 | |
| 2003 | — | #992 | 160 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #1,130 | 126 |
| 2001 | — | #1,095 | 130 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #1,107 | 127 |
| 1999 | — | #1,002 | 140 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,080 | 120 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #941 | 143 |
| 1996 | — | #1,120 | 106 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,144 | 100 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,163 | 96 |
| 1993 | — | #1,055 | 110 | |
| 1992 | — | #997 | 118 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,095 | 99 |
| 1990 | — | #1,086 | 96 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,074 | 95 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #916 | 108 |
| 1987 | — | #875 | 114 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #901 | 102 |
| 1985 | — | #839 | 114 | |
| 1984 | — | #818 | 114 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #731 | 139 |
| 1982 | — | #933 | 92 | |
| 1981 | — | #971 | 86 | |
| 1980 | — | #841 | 110 | |
| 1979 | — | #906 | 93 | |
| 1978 | — | #869 | 98 | |
| 1977 | — | #843 | 103 | |
| 1976 | — | #836 | 100 | |
| 1975 | — | #822 | 102 | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #786 | 103 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #766 | 108 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #746 | 113 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #803 | 100 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #724 | 129 |
| 1969 | — | #794 | 95 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #736 | 102 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #751 | 97 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #750 | 97 |
| 1965 | — | #724 | 105 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #715 | 116 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #736 | 111 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #706 | 119 |
| 1961 | — | #730 | 111 | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #654 | 142 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #677 | 127 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #703 | 113 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #634 | 147 |
| 1956 | — | #626 | 147 | |
| 1955 | — | #624 | 142 | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #593 | 155 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #601 | 145 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #620 | 129 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #559 | 150 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #571 | 141 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #527 | 160 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #528 | 159 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #485 | 191 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #495 | 170 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #464 | 164 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #417 | 210 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | #443 | 201 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #452 | 188 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | #428 | 188 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #418 | 193 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #423 | 180 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #393 | 208 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | #392 | 198 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #415 | 178 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #367 | 216 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #360 | 227 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #402 | 179 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #418 | 178 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #396 | 201 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #392 | 214 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #415 | 201 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #399 | 225 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #412 | 214 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #359 | 264 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #382 | 244 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | #396 | 234 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #403 | 221 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | #410 | 214 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #422 | 205 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #385 | 241 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | #359 | 257 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #379 | 246 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | #404 | 196 |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | #357 | 228 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | #390 | 189 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #402 | 141 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | #436 | 95 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #389 | 97 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #469 | 39 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #299 | 69 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #357 | 43 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | #403 | 34 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #472 | 24 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #489 | 21 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #314 | 41 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #452 | 22 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #303 | 38 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | #331 | 35 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #466 | 17 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | #430 | 27 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #481 | 16 |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #473 | 17 |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | #456 | 19 |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Coy was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Coy
- 52 spots since 2024 (#1,503 → #1,451)
- 73 spots since 2020 (#1,378 → #1,451)
- 154 spots since 2015 (#1,297 → #1,451)
- Biggest jump: 404 spots in 1894 (#1,035 → #631)
- Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1893 (#641 → #1,035)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #299 (69 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1894–1988
- Highest: 1 in 2,815 boys born in 1910 were named Coy (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,887 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 13.0% of all boys named Coy (2,263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 | #576 (1882) | #757 |
| 1890s | 130 | #456 (1895) | #606 |
| 1900s | 302 | #303 (1903) | #402 |
| 1910s | 1,557 | #299 (1910) | #388 |
| 1920s | 2,263 | #359 (1926) | #398 |
| 1930s | 1,979 | #360 (1934) | #396 |
| 1940s | 1,824 | #417 (1944) | #466 |
| 1950s | 1,396 | #559 (1951) | #621 |
| 1960s | 1,095 | #654 (1960) | #730 |
| 1970s | 1,049 | #724 (1970) | #810 |
| 1980s | 1,074 | #731 (1983) | #890 |
| 1990s | 1,128 | #941 (1997) | #1,068 |
| 2000s | 1,395 | #992 (2003) | #1,156 |
| 2010s | 1,399 | #1,135 (2012) | #1,279 |
| 2020s | 698 | #1,378 (2020) | #1,517 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Coy in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 107,764 of them was named Coy, which outranked 48.9% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,708Willma12
- #2,708Zell12
- #2,708Zeola12
- #2,872Coy11
- #2,872Adalene11
- #2,872Adelfa11
- #2,872Albertia11
- #3,046Adelaida10
- #3,046Adelma10
- #3,046Adena10
Tied with 173 names at #2,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 4,206 of them was named Coy, which outranked 92.6% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #356Stewart267
- #357Eli266
- #357Jake266
- #359Coy264
- #359Buford264
- #359Clark264
- #359Cyril264
- #363Patsy263
- #364Alva259
- #365Wiley258
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.