Coy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOY
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,451 for boys
Coy is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “quiet, shy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,451st for boys in the US (123 babies).
What does Coy mean?
English: English surname, via Old French coi from Latin quietus
“quiet, shy”
From the English word coy, 'quiet, shy', which came via Old French from Latin quietus.
Is Coy a girl's or a boy's name?
Coy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 123 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,451among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 123about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 123 boys in the US were named Coy, making it the 1,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,378th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 264 boys.
2025 had more boys named Coy than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Coy in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 188 boys in the US were given Coy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,030, up from #1,451 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 23% of the babies named Coy in the US in 1900, and 3% in 2014.
Coy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | #1,451 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,503 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,650 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,496 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,378 |
| 2019 | 128 | #1,386 |
| 2018 | 129 | #1,364 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,276 |
| 2016 | 141 | #1,288 |
| 2015 | 137 | #1,297 |
| 2014 | 152 | #1,205 |
| 2013 | 156 | #1,155 |
| 2012 | 161 | #1,135 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,404 |
| 2010 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2009 | 136 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,361 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,229 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,085 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,256 |
| 2004 | 161 | #1,015 |
| 2003 | 160 | #991 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,129 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,093 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 140 | #1,000 |
| 1998 | 120 | #1,077 |
| 1997 | 143 | #939 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,118 |
| 1995 | 100 | #1,140 |
| 1994 | 96 | #1,159 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,051 |
| 1992 | 118 | #994 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,089 |
| 1990 | 96 | #1,082 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,070 |
| 1988 | 108 | #915 |
| 1987 | 114 | #874 |
| 1986 | 102 | #900 |
| 1985 | 114 | #839 |
| 1984 | 114 | #818 |
| 1983 | 139 | #731 |
| 1982 | 92 | #933 |
| 1981 | 86 | #971 |
| 1980 | 110 | #841 |
| 1979 | 93 | #906 |
| 1978 | 98 | #869 |
| 1977 | 103 | #843 |
| 1976 | 100 | #836 |
| 1975 | 102 | #822 |
| 1974 | 103 | #786 |
| 1973 | 108 | #766 |
| 1972 | 113 | #746 |
| 1971 | 100 | #803 |
| 1970 | 129 | #724 |
| 1969 | 95 | #794 |
| 1968 | 102 | #736 |
| 1967 | 97 | #751 |
| 1966 | 97 | #750 |
| 1965 | 105 | #724 |
| 1964 | 116 | #715 |
| 1963 | 111 | #736 |
| 1962 | 119 | #706 |
| 1961 | 111 | #729 |
| 1960 | 142 | #653 |
| 1959 | 127 | #676 |
| 1958 | 113 | #702 |
| 1957 | 147 | #633 |
| 1956 | 147 | #625 |
| 1955 | 142 | #623 |
| 1954 | 155 | #592 |
| 1953 | 145 | #600 |
| 1952 | 129 | #619 |
| 1951 | 150 | #558 |
| 1950 | 141 | #570 |
| 1949 | 160 | #526 |
| 1948 | 159 | #527 |
| 1947 | 191 | #485 |
| 1946 | 170 | #495 |
| 1945 | 164 | #464 |
| 1944 | 210 | #417 |
| 1943 | 201 | #443 |
| 1942 | 188 | #452 |
| 1941 | 188 | #428 |
| 1940 | 193 | #418 |
| 1939 | 180 | #423 |
| 1938 | 208 | #393 |
| 1937 | 198 | #392 |
| 1936 | 178 | #415 |
| 1935 | 216 | #367 |
| 1934 | 227 | #360 |
| 1933 | 179 | #402 |
| 1932 | 178 | #418 |
| 1931 | 201 | #396 |
| 1930 | 214 | #392 |
| 1929 | 201 | #415 |
| 1928 | 225 | #399 |
| 1927 | 214 | #412 |
| 1926 | 264 | #359 |
| 1925 | 244 | #382 |
| 1924 | 234 | #396 |
| 1923 | 221 | #403 |
| 1922 | 214 | #410 |
| 1921 | 205 | #422 |
| 1920 | 241 | #385 |
| 1919 | 257 | #359 |
| 1918 | 246 | #379 |
| 1917 | 196 | #404 |
| 1916 | 228 | #357 |
| 1915 | 189 | #390 |
| 1914 | 141 | #402 |
| 1913 | 95 | #436 |
| 1912 | 97 | #389 |
| 1911 | 39 | #469 |
| 1910 | 69 | #299 |
| 1909 | 43 | #357 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 21 | #489 |
| 1905 | 41 | #314 |
| 1904 | 22 | #452 |
| 1903 | 38 | #303 |
| 1902 | 35 | #331 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 27 | #430 |
| 1899 | 16 | #481 |
| 1898 | 18 | #485 |
| 1897 | 17 | #473 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 19 | #456 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Coy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roy Dean Clyde Conrad Conway Clark Sidney Harlan Cannon Warren Wayne Ray
Other spellings of Coy
Names related to Coy
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Coy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coy, updated 20 October 2026.