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 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 242,739 of them was named Coy, which outranked 35.4% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,967Winda9
- #3,967Wyona9
- #3,967Zelinda9
- #4,278Coy8
- #4,278Adonna8
- #4,278Adriene8
- #4,278Alaina8
- #4,655Aaron7
- #4,655Adonica7
- #4,655Aide7
Tied with 376 names at #4,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 13,153 of them was named Coy, which outranked 86.4% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #590Bryce156
- #590Kenton156
- #590Lonny156
- #593Coy155
- #593Merrill155
- #593Mitchel155
- #593Sergio155
- #597Delmar154
- #597Rolando154
- #599Shelby153
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.