Cauy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cauy

The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Cauy between 1999 and 2008, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cauy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cauy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cauy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arizona and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cauy in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cauy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 187 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.