How Many People Are Named Guy?
people named Guy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,400 people in the US has this name
Based on 91,102 babies named Guy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,311 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Norman French form of WIDO. The Normans introduced it to England, where it was common until the time of Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), a revolutionary who attempted to blow up the British parliament. The name was revived in the 19th century, due in part to characters in the novels 'Guy Mannering' (1815) by Sir Walter Scott and 'The Heir of Redclyffe' (1854) by C. M. Yonge.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Guy (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Guy alive today is about 58 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Guy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1957, to 2,311 babies. In 2025, 103 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Guy never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #65, in 1892, and it was in the top 100 for 22 years, 1880 to 1901. In 2025 it ranked #1,637.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,637 |
| Best rank | #65 (1892) |
| Years in the top 100 | 22 (1880 to 1901) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #154 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Guy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Guy were born in California than in any other state: about 4,816 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Guy was given 3.3 times as often in Hawaii, 2 times in Maine and 1.4 times in Utah.
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