Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Guy

#338 most common boys' name of all time · #743 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#338
Rank overall
#743 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
91,102
Since 2016
1,309
Peak year
1957 #149
Best rank
#65 1892
Girls Boys peak 2,311/yr
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Guy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 103 103 #1,634
2024 112 112 #1,556
2023 111 111 #1,567
2022 127 127 #1,434
2021 118 118 #1,503
2020 130 130 #1,361
2019 172 172 #1,132
2018 139 139 #1,305
2017 157 157 #1,186
2016 140 140 #1,295
2015 155 155 #1,190
2014 156 156 #1,186
2013 149 149 #1,203
2012 142 142 #1,244
2011 141 141 #1,235
2010 158 158 #1,163
2009 146 146 #1,226
2008 163 163 #1,120
2007 159 159 #1,129
2006 186 186 #994
2005 152 152 #1,081
2004 168 168 #988
2003 173 173 #946
2002 173 173 #924
2001 209 209 #802
2000 201 201 #801
1999 190 190 #805
1998 208 208 #766
1997 188 188 #788
1996 193 193 #763
1995 208 208 #745
1994 202 202 #739
1993 260 260 #642
1992 282 282 #614
1991 332 332 #558
1990 323 323 #566
1989 314 314 #547
1988 327 327 #508
1987 354 354 #469
1986 344 344 #467
1985 367 367 #445
1984 343 343 #452
1983 342 342 #450
1982 5 422 427 #398
1981 405 405 #406
1980 417 417 #396
1979 464 464 #372
1978 435 435 #369
1977 497 497 #351
1976 5 507 512 #340
1975 531 531 #330
1974 5 593 598 #307
1973 627 627 #289
1972 726 726 #268
1971 865 865 #258
1970 6 1,009 1,015 #235
1969 1,171 1,171 #211
1968 5 1,144 1,149 #202
1967 9 1,167 1,176 #199
1966 1,278 1,278 #192
1965 7 1,359 1,366 #187
1964 1,607 1,607 #170
1963 9 1,742 1,751 #169
1962 7 1,916 1,923 #166
1961 10 2,023 2,033 #162
1960 7 1,949 1,956 #168
1959 5 2,031 2,036 #158
1958 6 2,104 2,110 #156
1957 9 2,302 2,311 #149
1956 8 2,216 2,224 #146
1955 5 2,041 2,046 #145
1954 2,099 2,099 #143
1953 6 1,885 1,891 #150
1952 5 1,843 1,848 #152
1951 6 1,400 1,406 #179
1950 5 1,237 1,242 #179
1949 8 1,131 1,139 #185
1948 6 1,023 1,029 #195
1947 5 1,184 1,189 #180
1946 6 976 982 #187
1945 5 759 764 #195
1944 5 783 788 #193
1943 8 823 831 #196
1942 7 799 806 #196
1941 6 760 766 #191
1940 5 716 721 #192
1939 8 712 720 #187
1938 6 719 725 #189
1937 7 732 739 #181
1936 6 711 717 #183
1935 768 768 #177
1934 6 767 773 #178
1933 9 790 799 #172
1932 11 757 768 #180
1931 12 781 793 #174
1930 12 827 839 #174
1929 10 822 832 #173
1928 16 866 882 #167
1927 7 921 928 #162
1926 18 994 1,012 #159
1925 13 978 991 #157
1924 15 1,055 1,070 #151
1923 12 1,043 1,055 #149
1922 11 1,116 1,127 #141
1921 9 1,120 1,129 #140
1920 10 957 967 #154
1919 10 908 918 #148
1918 12 999 1,011 #144
1917 6 904 910 #146
1916 13 903 916 #144
1915 10 816 826 #145
1914 8 580 588 #156
1913 5 566 571 #137
1912 455 455 #140
1911 243 243 #136
1910 250 250 #133
1909 195 195 #137
1908 200 200 #126
1907 189 189 #126
1906 168 168 #126
1905 203 203 #105
1904 175 175 #122
1903 187 187 #105
1902 186 186 #103
1901 170 170 #99
1900 6 240 246 #99
1899 200 200 #90
1898 215 215 #94
1897 195 195 #92
1896 262 262 #77
1895 261 261 #76
1894 261 261 #76
1893 267 267 #72
1892 315 315 #65
1891 5 262 267 #67
1890 6 249 255 #72
1889 271 271 #70
1888 297 297 #71
1887 238 238 #71
1886 255 255 #70
1885 266 266 #68
1884 260 260 #72
1883 224 224 #71
1882 253 253 #68
1881 186 186 #76
1880 239 239 #68