Coy
Coy was the 1451st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 123 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 299th; the most babies were born in 1926 (264). Over the last ten years it has moved down 154 places. More babies were named Coy in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,451 boys, down 72 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 123boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1926264 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,214babies recorded
Coy popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 866 since 1895.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,451 | 123 |
| 2020 | #1,379 | 127 |
| 2010 | #1,285 | 135 |
| 2000 | #1,107 | 127 |
| 1990 | #1,089 | 96 |
| 1980 | #841 | 110 |
| 1970 | #724 | 129 |
| 1960 | #655 | 142 |
| 1950 | #572 | 141 |
| 1940 | #419 | 193 |
| 1930 | #392 | 214 |
| 1920 | #385 | 241 |
| 1910 | #299 | 69 |
| 1900 | #435 | 27 |
| 1890 | #763 | 8 |
| 1880 | #836 | 6 |
How popular is Coy, counting every spelling?
Coy is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,277 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,451 for Coy on its own. Together these spellings went to 141 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coy | 123 | #1,451 | 571 |
| Koy | 18 | #5,319 | 122 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Coy?
123 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Coy (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Coy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 68 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Coy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Coy?
About 9,300 people born in the US named Coy are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 18 and 62. That makes Coy mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Coy by state
How common Coy was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (2.8×), Texas (1.6×). In 33 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Coy: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Coy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Coy
How popular is the name Coy?
Coy was the 1451st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 123 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 299th; the most babies were born in 1926 (264). Over the last ten years it has moved down 154 places. More babies were named Coy in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Coy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Coy in the US.
Where is Coy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Coy was most common in Montana (0.40 per 1,000 boys), followed by South Dakota and Iowa.