Coyote — #9315 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Coyote

The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Coyote between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Coyote currently holds the #9315 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Coyote performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Coyote shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Coyote in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Coyote 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 135 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.