Coy
#861 most common boys' name of all time · #1,971 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#861
Rank overall
#1,971 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
18,214
Since 2016
1,238
Peak year
1919 #359
Best rank
#300 1910
Girls
Boys
peak 279/yr
Coy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,451 |
| 2024 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,504 |
| 2023 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,651 |
| 2022 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,496 |
| 2021 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2020 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,379 |
| 2019 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,387 |
| 2018 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,366 |
| 2017 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,277 |
| 2016 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,288 |
| 2015 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,299 |
| 2014 | 5 | 152 | 157 | #1,206 |
| 2013 | 5 | 156 | 161 | #1,156 |
| 2012 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,137 |
| 2011 | 5 | 118 | 123 | #1,407 |
| 2010 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2009 | 6 | 136 | 142 | #1,291 |
| 2008 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,362 |
| 2007 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,230 |
| 2006 | — | 162 | 162 | #1,086 |
| 2005 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,259 |
| 2004 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,018 |
| 2003 | — | 160 | 160 | #993 |
| 2002 | 6 | 126 | 132 | #1,131 |
| 2001 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,096 |
| 2000 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #1,109 |
| 1999 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,003 |
| 1998 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 5 | 143 | 148 | #943 |
| 1996 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,122 |
| 1995 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,144 |
| 1994 | 5 | 96 | 101 | #1,163 |
| 1993 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,055 |
| 1992 | — | 118 | 118 | #997 |
| 1991 | 6 | 99 | 105 | #1,097 |
| 1990 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,088 |
| 1989 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,074 |
| 1988 | 7 | 108 | 115 | #917 |
| 1987 | — | 114 | 114 | #875 |
| 1986 | 5 | 102 | 107 | #904 |
| 1985 | — | 114 | 114 | #841 |
| 1984 | — | 114 | 114 | #819 |
| 1983 | 7 | 139 | 146 | #733 |
| 1982 | — | 92 | 92 | #936 |
| 1981 | — | 86 | 86 | #971 |
| 1980 | — | 110 | 110 | #841 |
| 1979 | — | 93 | 93 | #908 |
| 1978 | — | 98 | 98 | #870 |
| 1977 | — | 103 | 103 | #844 |
| 1976 | — | 100 | 100 | #837 |
| 1975 | — | 102 | 102 | #823 |
| 1974 | 10 | 103 | 113 | #787 |
| 1973 | 5 | 108 | 113 | #767 |
| 1972 | 5 | 113 | 118 | #747 |
| 1971 | 5 | 100 | 105 | #805 |
| 1970 | 13 | 129 | 142 | #726 |
| 1969 | — | 95 | 95 | #794 |
| 1968 | 5 | 102 | 107 | #738 |
| 1967 | 6 | 97 | 103 | #753 |
| 1966 | 6 | 97 | 103 | #751 |
| 1965 | — | 105 | 105 | #725 |
| 1964 | 8 | 116 | 124 | #715 |
| 1963 | 6 | 111 | 117 | #736 |
| 1962 | 6 | 119 | 125 | #706 |
| 1961 | — | 111 | 111 | #730 |
| 1960 | 11 | 142 | 153 | #654 |
| 1959 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #677 |
| 1958 | 7 | 113 | 120 | #706 |
| 1957 | 13 | 147 | 160 | #634 |
| 1956 | — | 147 | 147 | #628 |
| 1955 | — | 142 | 142 | #624 |
| 1954 | 8 | 155 | 163 | #594 |
| 1953 | 12 | 145 | 157 | #601 |
| 1952 | 6 | 129 | 135 | #621 |
| 1951 | 11 | 150 | 161 | #561 |
| 1950 | 9 | 141 | 150 | #573 |
| 1949 | 6 | 160 | 166 | #529 |
| 1948 | 12 | 159 | 171 | #528 |
| 1947 | 10 | 191 | 201 | #485 |
| 1946 | 14 | 170 | 184 | #495 |
| 1945 | 13 | 164 | 177 | #464 |
| 1944 | 7 | 210 | 217 | #418 |
| 1943 | 16 | 201 | 217 | #446 |
| 1942 | 7 | 188 | 195 | #452 |
| 1941 | 13 | 188 | 201 | #429 |
| 1940 | 5 | 193 | 198 | #420 |
| 1939 | 12 | 180 | 192 | #423 |
| 1938 | 11 | 208 | 219 | #394 |
| 1937 | 17 | 198 | 215 | #394 |
| 1936 | 9 | 178 | 187 | #415 |
| 1935 | 11 | 216 | 227 | #367 |
| 1934 | 7 | 227 | 234 | #360 |
| 1933 | 13 | 179 | 192 | #404 |
| 1932 | 12 | 178 | 190 | #418 |
| 1931 | 15 | 201 | 216 | #398 |
| 1930 | 18 | 214 | 232 | #394 |
| 1929 | 13 | 201 | 214 | #415 |
| 1928 | 18 | 225 | 243 | #400 |
| 1927 | 10 | 214 | 224 | #412 |
| 1926 | 11 | 264 | 275 | #361 |
| 1925 | 16 | 244 | 260 | #383 |
| 1924 | 22 | 234 | 256 | #397 |
| 1923 | 12 | 221 | 233 | #403 |
| 1922 | 19 | 214 | 233 | #411 |
| 1921 | 22 | 205 | 227 | #422 |
| 1920 | 18 | 241 | 259 | #385 |
| 1919 | 22 | 257 | 279 | #359 |
| 1918 | 23 | 246 | 269 | #380 |
| 1917 | 19 | 196 | 215 | #406 |
| 1916 | 21 | 228 | 249 | #357 |
| 1915 | 21 | 189 | 210 | #392 |
| 1914 | 5 | 141 | 146 | #403 |
| 1913 | 14 | 95 | 109 | #440 |
| 1912 | 11 | 97 | 108 | #390 |
| 1911 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #469 |
| 1910 | 12 | 69 | 81 | #300 |
| 1909 | 10 | 43 | 53 | #363 |
| 1908 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #411 |
| 1907 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #479 |
| 1906 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #499 |
| 1905 | 6 | 41 | 47 | #315 |
| 1904 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #465 |
| 1903 | 6 | 38 | 44 | #308 |
| 1902 | 8 | 35 | 43 | #334 |
| 1901 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #483 |
| 1900 | 8 | 27 | 35 | #441 |
| 1899 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #499 |
| 1898 | — | 18 | 18 | #501 |
| 1897 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #492 |
| 1896 | — | 13 | 13 | #625 |
| 1895 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #473 |
| 1894 | — | 11 | 11 | #655 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #669 |
| 1891 | — | 12 | 12 | #558 |
| 1890 | — | 8 | 8 | #785 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #911 |
| 1888 | — | 10 | 10 | #680 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #896 |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | #741 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #938 |
| 1882 | — | 11 | 11 | #604 |
| 1881 | — | 7 | 7 | #750 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #850 |