Guthrie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GUTH-ree
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Guthrie is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Guthrie mean?
Scottish: surname from a place name in Angus
Folk singer Woody Guthrie, writer of This Land Is Your Land, made the surname famous.
Is Guthrie a girl's or a boy's name?
Guthrie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Guthrie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Guthrie, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the boys named Guthrie in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Guthrie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
Names like Guthrie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Guthrie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/guthrie, updated 20 October 2026.