Macoy

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Macoy by the numbers

Macoy was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Macoy

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Macoy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Mccoy169 in the US (2017)
  • Macon44 in the US (2017)
  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Majorgreater; military rank used as given name1,042 in the US (2017)
  • Marcoof mars; warlike; form of mark1,001 in the US (2017)
  • Marcosdedicated to mars; warlike725 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Macoy

Names that are said the same way as Macoy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Makotrue or genuine child; a shark3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maico7 in the US (2017)
  • Mayco7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Macoy

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