Given name & surname
Maccoy
“the son of Hugh”
Maccoy is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Hugh.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of Hugh.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maccoy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 102
- 102 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 196 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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