Mccoy

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 169 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
169
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#806
up from #910
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Mccoy has moved

US popularity rank, 2020–2025. Lower is more popular.
#726#890#1054202020232025#806

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YearUS rank
2020#928
2021#820
2022#860
2023#974
2024#910
2025#806

Mccoy by the numbers

Mccoy was given to 169 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 191 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Mccoy

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 Mccoy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Macoy19 in the US (2017)
  • Mckoy10 in the US (2017)
  • Mckayson of Kay or descended from Cai; a form of McKay38 in the US (2017)
  • Mickywho is like god; form of Michael10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Miccochief7 in the US (2017)
  • Macon44 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mccoy

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