girls:
34 births since 1981
#5682 (1st percentile)
boys:
894 births since 1970
#3695 (19th percentile)
overall:
928 births since 1970
#6811 (12th percentile)
The name Koy is the #6,811 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 928 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,695 (19.4% percentile) for all time with 894 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,682 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 34 births since 1981.
Koy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1981 for girls). Birth data for Koy is available in 48 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 6 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Koy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Koy reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #751) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 23 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Koy ranks #895 for boys (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 49.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Koy reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #821) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Koy".
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