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

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Peak · boys
#299
1910 · 69 births
Debut · boys
1880
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,348
since 1880

Coy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Coy has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #299, 1910boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,451123
2024—#1,503119
2023—#1,650104
2022—#1,496121
2021—#1,621104
2020—#1,378127
2019—#1,386128
2018—#1,364129
2017—#1,276142
2016—#1,288141
2015—#1,297137
2014#16,5135#1,205152
2013#16,5475#1,155156
2012—#1,135161
2011#16,7645#1,404118
2010—#1,284135
2009#15,2426#1,290136
2008—#1,361125
2007—#1,229143
2006—#1,085162
2005—#1,257125
2004—#1,016161
2003—#992160
2002#13,5956#1,130126
2001—#1,095130
2000#15,0315#1,107127
1999—#1,002140
1998—#1,080120
1997#13,7245#941143
1996—#1,120106
1995—#1,144100
1994#13,4305#1,16396
1993—#1,055110
1992—#997118
1991#11,5096#1,09599
1990—#1,08696
1989—#1,07495
1988#9,2447#916108
1987—#875114
1986#10,9125#901102
1985—#839114
1984—#818114
1983#8,0477#731139
1982—#93392
1981—#97186
1980—#841110
1979—#90693
1978—#86998
1977—#843103
1976—#836100
1975—#822102
1974#5,36010#786103
1973#8,4235#766108
1972#8,2925#746113
1971#8,3245#803100
1970#4,24613#724129
1969—#79495
1968#7,0165#736102
1967#6,0426#75197
1966#5,8096#75097
1965—#724105
1964#5,0088#715116
1963#5,8916#736111
1962#5,8606#706119
1961—#730111
1960#3,92011#654142
1959#6,2455#677127
1958#4,8907#703113
1957#3,30913#634147
1956—#626147
1955—#624142
1954#4,2788#593155
1953#3,26912#601145
1952#4,9086#620129
1951#3,28411#559150
1950#3,6629#571141
1949#4,6736#527160
1948#2,97412#528159
1947#3,44810#485191
1946#2,59714#495170
1945#2,45813#464164
1944#3,6877#417210
1943#2,25116#443201
1942#3,7387#452188
1941#2,39713#428188
1940#4,3495#418193
1939#2,41712#423180
1938#2,57911#393208
1937#1,91417#392198
1936#2,8579#415178
1935#2,57511#367216
1934#3,4497#360227
1933#2,27513#402179
1932#2,49012#418178
1931#2,10515#396201
1930#1,93418#392214
1929#2,43713#415201
1928#2,02318#399225
1927#3,05310#412214
1926#2,87211#359264
1925#2,28316#382244
1924#1,87222#396234
1923#2,73212#403221
1922#2,02719#410214
1921#1,86722#422205
1920#2,07918#385241
1919#1,74522#359257
1918#1,69023#379246
1917#1,84719#404196
1916#1,68921#357228
1915#1,62221#390189
1914#3,6185#402141
1913#1,60114#43695
1912#1,71911#38997
1911#1,30013#46939
1910#1,33512#29969
1909#1,36910#35743
1908#1,35710#40334
1907#1,8216#47224
1906#1,9515#48921
1905#1,6966#31441
1904#1,8775#45222
1903#1,5926#30338
1902#1,3208#33135
1901#1,4666#46617
1900#1,4318#43027
1899#1,2787#48116
1898—#48518
1897#1,3856#47317
1896—#59213
1895#1,1239#45619
1894—#63111
1893—#1,0355
1892—#64111
1891—#52412
1890—#7398
1889—#8786
1888—#64810
1887——
1886—#8456
1885—#7008
1884——
1883—#8925
1882—#57611
1881—#7067
1880—#8096
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #299 (69 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 109 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1894–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,815
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Coy (2,263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s59#576 (1882)#757
1890s130#456 (1895)#606
1900s302#303 (1903)#402
1910s1,557#299 (1910)#388
1920s2,263#359 (1926)#398
1930s1,979#360 (1934)#396
1940s1,824#417 (1944)#466
1950s1,396#559 (1951)#621
1960s1,095#654 (1960)#730
1970s1,049#724 (1970)#810
1980s1,074#731 (1983)#890
1990s1,128#941 (1997)#1,068
2000s1,395#992 (2003)#1,156
2010s1,399#1,135 (2012)#1,279
2020s698#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 1991

girls
#11,509
6 births · 1 in 312,501 girls
boys
#1,095
99 births · 1 in 20,407 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #11,509Coy6

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #1,095Coy99
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 312,501 of them was named Coy, which outranked 25.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coy
  1. #10,271Zanna7
  2. #10,271Zonia7
  3. #10,271Zykia7
  4. #11,509Coy6
  5. #11,509Aamber6
  6. #11,509Abagael6
  7. #11,509Abbagail6
  8. #13,147Aaminah5
  9. #13,147Abegail5
  10. #13,147Abraham5

Tied with 1,637 names at #11,509; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 20,407 of them was named Coy, which outranked 88.7% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Coy
  1. #1,088Rasheed100
  2. #1,088Theron100
  3. #1,088Yosef100
  4. #1,095Coy99
  5. #1,095Archie99
  6. #1,095Brandt99
  7. #1,095Chauncey99
  8. #1,103Antione98
  9. #1,103Colter98
  10. #1,103Cortney98

Tied with 7 names at #1,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →