Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cotey

#13,656 most common boys' name of all time · #35,218 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1984–2001

Rank among boys
#13,656
Rank overall
#35,218 of 105,966
First appeared
1984
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
141
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1993 #3,643
Best rank
#3,643 1993
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
2000

Cotey first appears in 1984. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2001 — 6 6 #9,825
1999 — 5 5 #10,644
1997 — 7 7 #7,762
1995 — 10 10 #5,797
1994 — 13 13 #4,745
1993 — 18 18 #3,643
1992 — 15 15 #4,090
1991 — 14 14 #4,206
1990 — 13 13 #4,388
1989 — 5 5 #8,775
1988 — 10 10 #4,759
1987 — 11 11 #4,230
1986 — 9 9 #4,837
1984 — 5 5 #7,208