Meaning not yet researched.
Coy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 123 in 2025. Its best rank was #299 in 1910.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #299 in 1910; #1,451 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Coy in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,451 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1910, at #299.
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Coy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 123 boys in 2025. Peak: #299 in 1910 · most boys in one year: 264 (1926).
In 2025, 123 US boys were named Coy, making it the 1,451st most common boys’ name of the year, up 53 places from #1,504 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 119 boys named Coy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #299, reached in 1910. The most boys given the name in a single year was 264, in 1926. For comparison, it was #1,297 in 2015 and #572 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Coy in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 18,214 US babies have been given the name, 4.8% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,424 babies named Coy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,238 US boys were named Coy; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 142. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,887 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Coy ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #595 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Koa (8,548 babies since 1880), Koi (1,482 babies since 1880) and Koe (565 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Koy, Kou and Coye are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Koy (979), Kou (724), Coye (467), Coe (244), Coi (192), Quy (111), Ko (85), Koya (82), Koh (39), Coa (35), Koey (32), Coah (28), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Coy in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 5 | #595 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #661 | — |
| Illinois | 8 | #953 | #1,356 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,020 | #1,007 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,307 | #1,240 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 123 | #1,451 |
| 2024 | — | — | 119 | #1,504 |
| 2023 | — | — | 104 | #1,653 |
| 2022 | — | — | 121 | #1,498 |
| 2021 | — | — | 104 | #1,622 |
| 2020 | — | — | 127 | #1,379 |
| 2019 | — | — | 128 | #1,387 |
| 2018 | — | — | 129 | #1,365 |
| 2017 | — | — | 142 | #1,278 |
| 2016 | — | — | 141 | #1,289 |
| 2015 | — | — | 137 | #1,297 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,158 | 152 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,153 | 156 | #1,155 |
| 2012 | — | — | 161 | #1,135 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,381 | 118 | #1,406 |
| 2010 | — | — | 135 | #1,285 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,672 | 136 | #1,291 |
| 2008 | — | — | 125 | #1,362 |
| 2007 | — | — | 143 | #1,231 |
| 2006 | — | — | 162 | #1,086 |
| 2005 | — | — | 125 | #1,259 |
| 2004 | — | — | 161 | #1,017 |
| 2003 | — | — | 160 | #992 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,989 | 126 | #1,131 |
| 2001 | — | — | 130 | #1,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,576 | 127 | #1,107 |
| 1999 | — | — | 140 | #1,003 |
| 1998 | — | — | 120 | #1,082 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,216 | 143 | #942 |
| 1996 | — | — | 106 | #1,122 |
| 1995 | — | — | 100 | #1,144 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,905 | 96 | #1,164 |
| 1993 | — | — | 110 | #1,058 |
| 1992 | — | — | 118 | #998 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,826 | 99 | #1,098 |
| 1990 | — | — | 96 | #1,089 |
| 1989 | — | — | 95 | #1,075 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,481 | 108 | #917 |
| 1987 | — | — | 114 | #876 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,306 | 102 | #903 |
| 1985 | — | — | 114 | #840 |
| 1984 | — | — | 114 | #819 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,210 | 139 | #731 |
| 1982 | — | — | 92 | #934 |
| 1981 | — | — | 86 | #973 |
| 1980 | — | — | 110 | #841 |
| 1979 | — | — | 93 | #908 |
| 1978 | — | — | 98 | #870 |
| 1977 | — | — | 103 | #844 |
| 1976 | — | — | 100 | #836 |
| 1975 | — | — | 102 | #824 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,423 | 103 | #787 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,683 | 108 | #766 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,520 | 113 | #746 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,579 | 100 | #804 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,274 | 129 | #724 |
| 1969 | — | — | 95 | #795 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,205 | 102 | #736 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,150 | 97 | #752 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,931 | 97 | #751 |
| 1965 | — | — | 105 | #725 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,088 | 116 | #717 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,015 | 111 | #736 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,988 | 119 | #706 |
| 1961 | — | — | 111 | #730 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,957 | 142 | #655 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,442 | 127 | #678 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,991 | 113 | #706 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,349 | 147 | #635 |
| 1956 | — | — | 147 | #627 |
| 1955 | — | — | 142 | #624 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,349 | 155 | #593 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,308 | 145 | #601 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,027 | 129 | #620 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,321 | 150 | #560 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,725 | 141 | #572 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,780 | 160 | #528 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,999 | 159 | #528 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,497 | 191 | #485 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,637 | 170 | #495 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,487 | 164 | #464 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,760 | 210 | #418 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,273 | 201 | #444 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,810 | 188 | #452 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,424 | 188 | #429 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,486 | 193 | #419 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,443 | 180 | #423 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,614 | 208 | #393 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,932 | 198 | #393 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,903 | 178 | #415 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,607 | 216 | #367 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,522 | 227 | #360 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,292 | 179 | #403 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,524 | 178 | #419 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,126 | 201 | #397 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,953 | 214 | #392 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,462 | 201 | #415 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,031 | 225 | #399 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,105 | 214 | #412 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,912 | 264 | #361 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,305 | 244 | #382 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,886 | 234 | #396 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,764 | 221 | #403 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,038 | 214 | #410 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,875 | 205 | #422 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,091 | 241 | #385 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,760 | 257 | #359 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,705 | 246 | #380 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,858 | 196 | #404 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,701 | 228 | #357 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,629 | 189 | #390 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,738 | 141 | #402 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,613 | 95 | #438 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,743 | 97 | #389 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,321 | 39 | #469 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,352 | 69 | #299 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,385 | 43 | #358 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,372 | 34 | #406 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,877 | 24 | #476 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,014 | 21 | #491 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,751 | 41 | #314 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,947 | 22 | #455 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,642 | 38 | #305 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,345 | 35 | #331 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,521 | 17 | #474 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,462 | 27 | #435 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,299 | 16 | #487 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #490 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,417 | 17 | #482 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #604 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,140 | 19 | #458 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #639 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #650 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #529 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #763 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #897 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #659 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #868 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #715 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #926 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #582 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #723 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #836 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).