Guy
Guy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 111 births. Its best rank was 65th, in 1892.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1110.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19572,301 births
- Best rank
- #65in 1892
- Since 1880
- 90,529people given the name
The story in the numbers
90,529 boys have been named Guy in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 2,301 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 111 births in 2024, against 2,301 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 21%. It has spent 126 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 22 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Guy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,489 | |
| 1890s | 2,487 | |
| 1900s | 1,913 | |
| 1910s | 6,624 | |
| 1920s | 9,872 | |
| 1930s | 7,564 | |
| 1940s | 8,953 | |
| 1950s | 19,157 | |
| 1960s | 15,356 | |
| 1970s | 6,256 | |
| 1980s | 3,636 | |
| 1990s | 2,386 | |
| 2000s | 1,730 | |
| 2010s | 1,509 | |
| 2020s | 597 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Guy was the 149th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Guy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fritzpeak 1956
- Dellpeak 1953
- Alonzapeak 1961
- Frankpeak 1918
- Napoleonpeak 1926
- Adolphuspeak 1922
- Benpeak 1918
- Barneypeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.