Coy
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Coy
Though rarely heard now, Coy has been around for a century and was not an uncommon name for boys a hundred years ago. There have been a couple of NFL players named Coy, Coy Bowles is in the Zac Brown band, and of course there was Coy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. Due to the flirty connotations of the word "coy", McCoy is a more popular and recommended choice today.
Coy for boys#1451 US
Though rarely heard now, Coy has been around for a century and was not an uncommon name a hundred years ago. There have been a couple of NFL players named Coy, Coy Bowles is in the Zac Brown band, and of course there was Coy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. Due to the flirty connotations of the word "coy", McCoy is a more popular and recommended choice today.
Pronounced KOY.
As of October 2026, Coy ranked #17158 in US births in 2014 SSA, peaked at #1140 in 1895.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,209 | 152 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,297 | 137 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,289 | 141 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,277 | 142 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,365 | 129 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,387 | 128 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,385 | 126 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,622 | 104 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,497 | 121 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,650 | 104 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,507 | 118 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,451 | 123 |
World rankings
Coy for boys
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- (Tyson) Coy StewartBoy
American actor
- Coy Luther "Luke" PerryBoy
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- Coy Randall GibbsBoy
American NASCAR driver and football coach
- Lander McCoy "Coy" BaconBoy
American NFL football player
- Coy BowlesBoy
American musician of The Zac Brown Band
- Coy WireBoy
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- James Caughey "Coy" Watson Jr.Boy
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Coy in pop culture
- Coy DukeBoy
character on TV's "Dukes of Hazzard"
- KoiBoy
a fish
- coyBoy
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