Coy
Coy was given to 123 boys in 2025, #1,451 among boys’ names; 18,214 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,600 Americans named Coy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 19 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Coy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Coy?
#1,451 among boys’ names, 2025
Coy fell from #1,297 in 2015 to #1,451 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 71.5 to 72.0 per million.
279 babies in 1919, the peak
Coy peaked in 1919, when 279 babies were given it (257 boys, #359 among boys’ names). The 123 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | #1,451 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,504 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,653 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,498 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,622 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,379 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 128 | #1,387 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 129 | #1,365 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,278 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 141 | #1,289 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 137 | #1,297 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 152 | #1,209 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 156 | #1,155 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 161 | #1,135 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,406 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 135 | #1,285 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 136 | #1,291 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,362 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,231 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,086 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,258 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 161 | #1,016 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 160 | #991 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,130 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,093 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,105 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 140 | #1,001 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 120 | #1,079 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 143 | #940 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,120 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 100 | #1,140 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 96 | #1,160 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,054 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 118 | #995 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 96 | #1,085 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 108 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 114 | #875 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 102 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 114 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 114 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 139 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 92 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 86 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 110 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 93 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 98 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 103 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 100 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 102 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 103 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 108 | #766 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 113 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 100 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 129 | #724 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 95 | #795 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 102 | #736 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 97 | #752 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 97 | #751 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 105 | #725 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 116 | #717 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 111 | #736 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 119 | #706 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 111 | #729 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 142 | #654 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 127 | #677 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 113 | #705 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 147 | #634 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 147 | #626 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 142 | #623 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 155 | #592 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 145 | #600 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 129 | #619 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 150 | #559 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 141 | #571 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 160 | #527 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 159 | #527 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 191 | #485 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 170 | #495 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 164 | #464 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 210 | #418 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 201 | #444 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 188 | #452 | 0.14 |
| 1941 | 188 | #429 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 193 | #419 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 180 | #423 | 0.16 |
| 1938 | 208 | #393 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 198 | #393 | 0.19 |
| 1936 | 178 | #415 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 216 | #367 | 0.21 |
| 1934 | 227 | #360 | 0.22 |
| 1933 | 179 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1932 | 178 | #419 | 0.17 |
| 1931 | 201 | #397 | 0.19 |
| 1930 | 214 | #392 | 0.20 |
| 1929 | 201 | #415 | 0.19 |
| 1928 | 225 | #399 | 0.20 |
| 1927 | 214 | #412 | 0.19 |
| 1926 | 264 | #361 | 0.24 |
| 1925 | 244 | #382 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 234 | #396 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 221 | #403 | 0.20 |
| 1922 | 214 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 205 | #422 | 0.19 |
| 1920 | 241 | #385 | 0.23 |
| 1919 | 257 | #359 | 0.26 |
| 1918 | 246 | #380 | 0.24 |
| 1917 | 196 | #404 | 0.21 |
| 1916 | 228 | #357 | 0.26 |
| 1915 | 189 | #390 | 0.22 |
| 1914 | 141 | #402 | 0.22 |
| 1913 | 95 | #438 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 97 | #389 | 0.23 |
| 1911 | 39 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 69 | #299 | 0.36 |
| 1909 | 43 | #358 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 34 | #406 | 0.22 |
| 1907 | 24 | #476 | 0.16 |
| 1906 | 21 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 41 | #314 | 0.31 |
| 1904 | 22 | #455 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 38 | #305 | 0.32 |
| 1902 | 35 | #331 | 0.29 |
| 1901 | 17 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 27 | #435 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 16 | #487 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 18 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 17 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 13 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 19 | #458 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 11 | #638 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 11 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 12 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 8 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 6 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 10 | #659 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 6 | #868 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 8 | #715 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 5 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 11 | #582 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 7 | #722 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 6 | #836 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Coy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 18,214 Americans recorded as Coy, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 123 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Coy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Coy, and how old are they?
9,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 18,214 Americans ever recorded as Coy. The median Coy alive today is 39 years old; half are between 19 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 8,805 people named Coy (378 women and girls, 8,427 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,938 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 729 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,840 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,510 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,630 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,680 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Coy born?
The states with the most babies named Coy are Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arkansas is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,393 | #1,020 | 1.9× |
| North Carolina | 1,619 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Arkansas | 998 | not ranked | 4.1× |
| Tennessee | 958 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Oklahoma | 850 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Kentucky | 819 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Alabama | 752 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Georgia | 563 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 494 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Florida | 366 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Coy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Coy is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 4.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Coy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 31,223 babies since 1880, Coy is the most given (58% of them). In 2025 it was given to 123 of their 1,806 babies (6.8%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Coy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Coy and names like it
- Compare Coy and KoaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sCoy peaked in 1919.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Coy since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Coy.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Coy alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.