Boys' name · since 1984
Coady
Coady has 189 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 189
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Coady is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 189 have been recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Coady has been recorded 189 times among boys since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2010.
- #13,298 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 189 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Coady ranks #13,298 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 189
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Coady's 189 recorded births place it above 70.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Coady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Coady splits its recorded history at 1995: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Coady popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2010
- Peak year (1990)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Coady by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (93 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Coady's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Coady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 93 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Coady's decade-level peak was the 1990s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Coady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Coady draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.