Coy

Meaning: Possibly quiet, shy
Origin: English surname — Possibly from the word coy, or from the village of Quy in Cambridgeshire

Boy's name · #1451 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Coy — on the books since 1880, #1451 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 17,000 boys have carried the name since.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,718 in Canada (2016).

Famous Coys

Coy Stewart — American actor, rapper, and singer (born 1998)
Coy Gibbs — American stock car racing driver and owner (1972–2022)
Coy Wire — American football player and television anchor for CNN 10 (born 1978)
Coy Bacon — American football player (1942–2008)
Coy Bowles — Zac Brown Band member (born 1979)

In stories & tradition

Coy Duke — The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)

What Coys become

Among 28 notable people named Coy:

Sports figures appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Coy Craft, Former FC Dallas and USMNT player (born 1997).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Koe (#1627), Coy would rank around #999 with about 230 births last year — the newborns split about 54/46 between Coy and Koe.

Similar names: Harris · Koe · Joey · Wiley · Perry · Coleman

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