Guy
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517 · #1,634 for boys in 2025, 103 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 315 births
- Debut · boys
- 239 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 22 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 90,632since 1880
Guy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,634 | 103 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,556 | 112 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,567 | 111 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,433 | 127 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,503 | 118 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,361 | 130 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,132 | 172 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,305 | 139 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,186 | 157 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,295 | 140 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,190 | 155 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,186 | 156 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,203 | 149 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,244 | 142 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,235 | 141 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,163 | 158 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,226 | 146 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,119 | 163 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,129 | 159 | |
| 2006 | — | #994 | 186 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,081 | 152 | |
| 2004 | — | #988 | 168 | |
| 2003 | — | #946 | 173 | |
| 2002 | — | #924 | 173 | |
| 2001 | — | #802 | 209 | |
| 2000 | — | #801 | 201 | |
| 1999 | — | #805 | 190 | |
| 1998 | — | #766 | 208 | |
| 1997 | — | #788 | 188 | |
| 1996 | — | #763 | 193 | |
| 1995 | — | #745 | 208 | |
| 1994 | — | #739 | 202 | |
| 1993 | — | #642 | 260 | |
| 1992 | — | #614 | 282 | |
| 1991 | — | #558 | 332 | |
| 1990 | — | #566 | 323 | |
| 1989 | — | #547 | 314 | |
| 1988 | — | #507 | 327 | |
| 1987 | — | #469 | 354 | |
| 1986 | — | #467 | 344 | |
| 1985 | — | #445 | 367 | |
| 1984 | — | #452 | 343 | |
| 1983 | — | #450 | 342 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #398 | 422 |
| 1981 | — | #406 | 405 | |
| 1980 | — | #396 | 417 | |
| 1979 | — | #372 | 464 | |
| 1978 | — | #369 | 435 | |
| 1977 | — | #351 | 497 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #339 | 507 |
| 1975 | — | #330 | 531 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #307 | 593 |
| 1973 | — | #289 | 627 | |
| 1972 | — | #268 | 726 | |
| 1971 | — | #258 | 865 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #235 | 1,009 |
| 1969 | — | #211 | 1,171 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #202 | 1,144 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #199 | 1,167 |
| 1966 | — | #192 | 1,278 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #187 | 1,359 |
| 1964 | — | #170 | 1,607 | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #169 | 1,742 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #166 | 1,916 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #162 | 2,023 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #168 | 1,949 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #158 | 2,031 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #156 | 2,104 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #149 | 2,302 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #146 | 2,216 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #145 | 2,041 |
| 1954 | — | #143 | 2,099 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #150 | 1,885 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #152 | 1,843 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #179 | 1,400 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #179 | 1,237 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #185 | 1,131 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #195 | 1,023 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #180 | 1,184 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #187 | 976 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #195 | 759 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #193 | 783 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #196 | 823 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #196 | 799 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #191 | 760 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #192 | 716 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #187 | 712 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #189 | 719 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #181 | 732 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #183 | 711 |
| 1935 | — | #177 | 768 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #178 | 767 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #172 | 790 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #180 | 757 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #174 | 781 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #174 | 827 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #172 | 822 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #167 | 866 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #162 | 921 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #159 | 994 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #157 | 978 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #151 | 1,055 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #149 | 1,043 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #141 | 1,116 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #140 | 1,120 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #154 | 957 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #148 | 908 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #144 | 999 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #146 | 904 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #144 | 903 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #145 | 816 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #156 | 580 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #137 | 566 |
| 1912 | — | #140 | 455 | |
| 1911 | — | #135 | 243 | |
| 1910 | — | #133 | 250 | |
| 1909 | — | #137 | 195 | |
| 1908 | — | #126 | 200 | |
| 1907 | — | #126 | 189 | |
| 1906 | — | #126 | 168 | |
| 1905 | — | #105 | 203 | |
| 1904 | — | #122 | 175 | |
| 1903 | — | #105 | 187 | |
| 1902 | — | #103 | 186 | |
| 1901 | — | #99 | 170 | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #99 | 240 |
| 1899 | — | #90 | 200 | |
| 1898 | — | #94 | 215 | |
| 1897 | — | #92 | 195 | |
| 1896 | — | #76 | 262 | |
| 1895 | — | #76 | 261 | |
| 1894 | — | #76 | 261 | |
| 1893 | — | #72 | 267 | |
| 1892 | — | #65 | 315 | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #67 | 262 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #72 | 249 |
| 1889 | — | #70 | 271 | |
| 1888 | — | #71 | 297 | |
| 1887 | — | #71 | 238 | |
| 1886 | — | #70 | 255 | |
| 1885 | — | #68 | 266 | |
| 1884 | — | #72 | 260 | |
| 1883 | — | #71 | 224 | |
| 1882 | — | #68 | 253 | |
| 1881 | — | #76 | 186 | |
| 1880 | — | #68 | 239 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Guy was already there! It came in at #68, and was given to 239 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 140 boys a year got the name.
Where Guy is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#172 · 1 in 793
- Idaho#174 · 1 in 1,138
- West Virginia#218 · 1 in 2,277
- Oregon#240 · 1 in 2,012
- Minnesota#240 · 1 in 2,946
Best ever in a state: #37 in Hawaii, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #172 | 8 | 1 in 793 |
| Idaho | #174 | 7 | 1 in 1,138 |
| West Virginia | #218 | 6 | 1 in 2,277 |
| Minnesota | #240 | 10 | 1 in 2,946 |
| Oregon | #240 | 9 | 1 in 2,012 |
| Missouri | #266 | 13 | 1 in 2,689 |
| Wisconsin | #271 | 9 | 1 in 3,570 |
| Michigan | #286 | 20 | 1 in 3,212 |
| Oklahoma | #287 | 8 | 1 in 2,482 |
| New York | #289 | 44 | 1 in 2,506 |
| Ohio | #290 | 22 | 1 in 3,503 |
| Massachusetts | #294 | 8 | 1 in 4,144 |
| Virginia | #294 | 12 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Louisiana | #303 | 17 | 1 in 1,944 |
| Maryland | #318 | 6 | 1 in 3,557 |
| Washington | #320 | 8 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Mississippi | #334 | 7 | 1 in 2,637 |
| Florida | #337 | 18 | 1 in 2,834 |
| Arizona | #345 | 7 | 1 in 2,712 |
| South Carolina | #345 | 7 | 1 in 2,923 |
| Tennessee | #349 | 8 | 1 in 3,992 |
| New Jersey | #352 | 11 | 1 in 3,762 |
| Kentucky | #371 | 5 | 1 in 5,461 |
| Pennsylvania | #399 | 12 | 1 in 6,114 |
| Illinois | #408 | 18 | 1 in 4,410 |
| Texas | #434 | 30 | 1 in 3,837 |
| Georgia | #437 | 9 | 1 in 4,196 |
| California | #465 | 34 | 1 in 4,968 |
| Indiana | #479 | 5 | 1 in 7,861 |
| North Carolina | #489 | 6 | 1 in 6,195 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 78 spots since 2024 (#1,556 → #1,634)
- 273 spots since 2020 (#1,361 → #1,634)
- 444 spots since 2015 (#1,190 → #1,634)
- Biggest jump: 87 spots in 2006 (#1,081 → #994)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2007 (#994 → #1,129)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #65 (315 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 113 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1880–1901
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–2004
Share of babies · boys
1 in 386
- Highest: 1 in 386 boys born in 1891 were named Guy (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #65 in 1892, was only 1 in 387 (0.26%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 21.1% of all boys named Guy (19,158) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,489 | #68 (1885) | #71 |
| 1890s | 2,487 | #65 (1892) | #78 |
| 1900s | 1,913 | #99 (1900) | #115 |
| 1910s | 6,624 | #133 (1910) | #143 |
| 1920s | 9,872 | #140 (1921) | #155 |
| 1930s | 7,564 | #172 (1933) | #180 |
| 1940s | 8,954 | #180 (1947) | #191 |
| 1950s | 19,158 | #143 (1954) | #156 |
| 1960s | 15,356 | #162 (1961) | #183 |
| 1970s | 6,254 | #235 (1970) | #312 |
| 1980s | 3,635 | #396 (1980) | #454 |
| 1990s | 2,386 | #558 (1991) | #699 |
| 2000s | 1,730 | #801 (2000) | #1,001 |
| 2010s | 1,509 | #1,132 (2019) | #1,214 |
| 2020s | 701 | #1,361 (2020) | #1,509 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Guy in 1978
boys
#369
435 births · 1 in 3,774 boys
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,774 of them was named Guy, which outranked 94.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.