Name profile

Coty

A French-derived surname name of uncertain precise origin.

US rank (2025)#8,243

Meaning and history

Coty is an English-language given name adopted from a surname. The surname is of French origin, but its precise derivation is uncertain; it may be connected with a nickname or locality rather than a single demonstrable dictionary meaning. The name is also familiar through Coty, the cosmetics company founded by French perfumer François Coty, whose birth surname was Spoturno and who adopted Coty professionally. Notable given-name bearers include American baseball player Coty Blanchard and American football player Coty Sensabaugh.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 27 births, rank #3,686
2007: 23 births, rank #4,243
2008: 21 births, rank #4,540
2009: 20 births, rank #4,748
2010: 26 births, rank #3,894
20112011: 16 births, rank #5,433
2012: 22 births, rank #4,390
2013: 13 births, rank #6,241
2014: 16 births, rank #5,485
2015: 18 births, rank #5,058
20162016: 20 births, rank #4,776
2017: 17 births, rank #5,297
2018: 14 births, rank #6,036
2019: 12 births, rank #6,777
2020: 12 births, rank #6,620
20212021: 10 births, rank #7,587
2022: 9 births, rank #8,300
2023: 8 births, rank #8,921
2024: 8 births, rank #8,987
20252025: 9 births, rank #8,243

Coty moved from #780 to #919 for boys between 1996 and 1997. Its highest annual birth count came in 1992, with 558 births.