Coy is a boy name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Coy means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Coy across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Coy has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Coy is a boy name of Old English origin meaning “quiet, shy, woods”. A surname used as a given name, also read from the English word coy.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 18,214 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Coy per year, United States (1880 to 2025). United States peaked in 1919 (279/yr).
Coy has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1919, when it ranked #725 nationally (given to 279 babies that year).
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