Coey — boys' name
5 babies named Coey in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Coey was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Coey in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Coey
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Coey between 1983 and 1983, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Coey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Coey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Coey performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Coey 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 5 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.
Coey at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Coey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 5 births in a single year.
Coey popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Coey as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Coey accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Coey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Coey's all-time total
Coey decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Coey's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.