Macoy
Boy · muh-KOY · Irish
Macoy is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Aodh”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Macoy mean?
Irish: spelling of McCoy, from Mac Aodha
“son of Aodh”
A spelling of McCoy, an Irish and Scottish surname meaning 'son of Aodh', an old name meaning fire.
- Say it
- muh-KOY
Is Macoy a girl's or a boy's name?
Macoy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Macoy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Macoy, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Macoy in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 342 boys in the US were given Macoy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #714, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Macoy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
Names like Macoy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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