Coyote
Boy · kye-OH-tee · English
Coyote is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “coyote (wild dog)”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Coyote mean?
English: English word, via Mexican Spanish from Nahuatl coyotl
“coyote (wild dog)”
Coyote is a trickster figure in the traditional stories of many Native American peoples.
- Say it
- kye-OH-tee
Is Coyote a girl's or a boy's name?
Coyote is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coyote in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Coyote, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Coyote in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Coyote in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
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