Coy Boy
How popular is Coy?
#1,451 boy name in 2025
123 baby boys were named Coy in the US in 2025, making it the 1451st most popular boy name.
Coy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,451 for boys (▲ 52 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 123 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,297 in 2015, #1,378 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1926 (264 boys) |
| Highest rank | #299 in 1910 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Coy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Coy family of names ranked #833 for boys in 2025 (#793 the year before), with 269 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Coy | 123 | 46% |
| Koe | 104 | 39% |
| Koy | 18 | 7% |
| Coe | 24 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Coy is most popular
Babies named Coy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 0.4 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- South Dakota: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Iowa: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
Coy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 | #576 |
| 1890s | 130 | #456 |
| 1900s | 302 | #303 |
| 1910s | 1,557 | #299 |
| 1920s | 2,263 | #359 |
| 1930s | 1,979 | #360 |
| 1940s | 1,824 | #417 |
| 1950s | 1,396 | #558 |
| 1960s | 1,095 | #653 |
| 1970s | 1,049 | #724 |
| 1980s | 1,074 | #731 |
| 1990s | 1,128 | #939 |
| 2000s | 1,395 | #991 |
| 2010s | 1,399 | #1,135 |
| 2020s | 698 | #1,378 |
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Questions
- Is Coy a boy or girl name?
- Coy is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Coy were boys.
- How popular is the name Coy?
- 123 baby boys were named Coy in the US in 2025, making it the 1451st most popular boy name.
- When was Coy most popular?
- Coy peaked in 1926, when 264 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #299 in 1910.
- How many people are named Coy?
- 18,214 babies have been named Coy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,916 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Coy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Coy was most common in Montana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.