Given name & surname
Mccoy
“the son of Coy”
Mccoy is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Coy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of Coy.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mccoy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,673
- 4,568 boys · 105 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 314 babies
- 2025
- 314
- #806 for boys · #16,448 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 309 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 806 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (35). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,440 as a first name in 2020; 107,288 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.
Mccoy’s family of names
Mccoy has a related form in Maccoy. In English usage, Mccoy as a surname has a related form in Coy. In English usage, Mccoy as a surname has a related form in MCCAY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Coyvariant · English
- Mckoyvariant · English
- Maccoyvariant
- Mcquayvariant · English
- Mckeyvariant · English
- Mccuevariant · English
- Mccayvariant · English
- Mckievariant · English
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mccoy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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