Koy
Koy is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Koy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Koy is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Koy
Koy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1970, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 46 births, good for #1,964 nationwide. About 28% of every Koy on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Koy ranks #3,858 for baby boys with 29 births, holding steady (+2%). All told, over 984 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Koy
Koy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 984 births in the dataset. Koy's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #1,964. Use the chart and map above to compare Koy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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