Mccoy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-KOY
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #805 for boys
Mccoy is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Aodh”. In 2025 it ranked 805th for boys in the US (309 babies).
What does Mccoy mean?
Irish: Irish and Scottish surname, from Gaelic Mac Aodha
“son of Aodh”
The feuding Hatfields and McCoys of the Kentucky–West Virginia border became an American byword for family rivalry.
Is Mccoy a girl's or a boy's name?
Mccoy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 309 boys in the US.
How popular is Mccoy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #805among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 309about 1 in 5,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 309 boys in the US were named Mccoy, making it the 805th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 928th. It first appears in the records in 1905. 5 girls were also named Mccoy in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Mccoy of any year since it first appeared, in 1905.
Half of all the boys named Mccoy in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 342 boys in the US were given Mccoy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #714, up from #805 for this spelling alone.
Mccoy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 309 | #805 |
| 2024 | 257 | #909 |
| 2023 | 226 | #971 |
| 2022 | 281 | #859 |
| 2021 | 293 | #819 |
| 2020 | 240 | #928 |
| 2019 | 204 | #1,018 |
| 2018 | 197 | #1,034 |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,121 |
| 2016 | 172 | #1,127 |
| 2015 | 191 | #1,046 |
| 2014 | 154 | #1,198 |
| 2013 | 170 | #1,090 |
| 2012 | 127 | #1,336 |
| 2011 | 94 | #1,620 |
| 2010 | 88 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,374 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
Nicknames for Mccoy
- Mac 64 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mccoy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Finn Ronan Brayden Aiden Finnegan Callan Kayden Raiden Kian Rowan Deacon
Other spellings of Mccoy
Names related to Mccoy
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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, “Mccoy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mccoy, updated 20 October 2026.