Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Coy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Coy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

264

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

55.3%

2024

118

All-time

17,222

Coy has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 264 boys were named Coy.

In 2024, only 118 boys were given the name.

Down 55.3% from its peak.

All told, about 17,222 Americans have been named Coy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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