girls:
90 births since 2005
#5626 (2nd percentile)
boys:
4k births since 1905
#1940 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1905
#4288 (45th percentile)
The name Mccoy is the #4,288 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,090 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 44.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,940 (57.7% percentile) for all time with 4,000 births since 1905. For girls, it ranks #5,626 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 90 births since 2005.
Mccoy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Mccoy is available in 103 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 12 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 Mccoy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Mccoy reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 29.9% percentile (ranked #652) with 156 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 156 births per million (ranked 29.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mccoy ranks #692 for boys (24.1% percentile) with 123 births per million, which is 78.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mccoy reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #930) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mccoy ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 55.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mccoy".
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