Coty
Feminine
Coty is given to both — 778 girls and 5,525 boys since 1880. See Coty as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Coty is recorded for boys and girls alike. The spelling is also one of the best-known names in perfume, belonging to a man who worked out that the bottle mattered as much as what was in it.
How old is the name Coty?
Coty first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Coty alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 800 people named Coty are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Coty most popular?
Coty peaked in 1987, reaching #1944 nationally. See the whole 1987 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Coty
François Coty was a Corsican with a scent nobody would stock. The story, which he encouraged, is that he took a bottle into a Paris department store, dropped it on the floor, and let the women around the counter do the rest; the shop ordered it that afternoon. What is certain is that he changed the business. He commissioned Lalique to make the bottles, sold at prices ordinary women could reach rather than at couture prices, and built one of the first modern cosmetics empires out of it. He also bought newspapers and spent a good deal of the money on far-right politics, which is the part the company histories tend to skip.
Meaningnot established
Not established
It may be a respelling of Cody, an Irish surname, or a use of the perfume name, or a build on the sound. The record holds it for both sexes and explains none of the possibilities.
Pronouncing Coty
KOH-tee
Two syllables with the stress in front. The perfume house is said the French way, koh-TEE, which occasionally confuses matters.
Nicknames for Coty
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1966
- Most girls named
- 198758 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1944reached in 1987
- Change vs 2020
- 0.0%5 in 2022, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cotys among us
people named Coty are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Coty sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is read correctly at first sight and never needs spelling twice.
- It is short, quick to write and easy for a child to learn early.
- It is recorded for boys and for girls, so it does not force a reading on anyone.
- The cosmetics brand is the first association for a great many people, particularly older ones.
- Cody and Kody are both far commoner, so the name will be heard as one of them.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has several candidates and no answer.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cotys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Coty are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Coty in 2025?
- Coty is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Coty with classmates?
- Coty will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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