Koy
Boy · KOY · English
Koy is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “quiet, shy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Koy mean?
English: spelling of Coy; 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.
- Say it
- KOY
Meaning borrowed from Coy.
Is Koy a girl's or a boy's name?
Koy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Koy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Koy, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Koy in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 188 boys in the US were given Koy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,030, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Koy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
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