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Coty

#8,385 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Cody

Coty has been given to 6,303 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #8,385 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 558 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Coty, 2025

1 in 368,000

Coty over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Coty over time

In 2025, Coty went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19562025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Coty: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Cody

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Coty means

Coty is a variant of Cody.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Coty → Cody. The family’s meaning is “descendant of the helpful one + son of Odo”, recorded in the naming reference for Cody.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cody.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,525 boys were recorded with the name Coty between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 558 in 1992; its best national rank was #406 in 1992.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,707 in 2020 to #8,385 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,093 in 2015 to #8,385 in 2025.

In the United States, 778 girls were recorded with the name Coty between 1966 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 58 in 1987; its best national rank was #1,947 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Coty?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,385
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Coty sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Coty. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cotys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Coty was born before 1991 — so the typical Coty is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
55.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
5,525
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 55.6% of all recorded uses (3,070).

Is Coty rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+775
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,678
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,292
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
1.6%
Peak was 1992 (558)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#406
1992

Spellings of Coty

Coty is not the most common spelling — Scott is, with 28.4% against Coty's 0.20%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Coty is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Coty was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 39,414 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 12,500
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 12,500
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 14,286
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 20,000
  5. 5Indiana1 in 20,000
  6. 6West Virginia1 in 20,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in 25,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Coty has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Coty is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Coty was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 827,383 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Louisiana1 in —
  4. 4Missouri1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —
  6. 6Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Coty has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Coty around the world

Where Coty ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1991–1996
    #1,974
    in 1996

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Coty by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,385
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,678
Best rank ever
#406
1992
Peak year
1992
558 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,525
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,947
1987
Peak year
1987
58 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
778
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Coty

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CottonCoteKotyCoteyCottCotterCotiTimotyCotieCotaCottrellCotis

Names with a curve like Coty

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Coty, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DominqueRyneSpenserDominiqueAkeemLaquanMackenzieBrandanCodieJessyKadeemChaz

Sibling names for Coty

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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