Guto

Boy · GIT-oh · Welsh

Guto is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies).

What does Guto mean?

Welsh: Welsh pet form of Gruffudd

Welsh pet form of Gruffudd; Guto Nyth Brân was a legendary 18th-century Welsh runner.

Say it: GIT-oh

Is Guto a girl's or a boy's name?

Guto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Guto in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,771among boys
Babies in 2025: 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Guto, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 20 boys.

Half of all the boys named Guto in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 20 in 20192025

Guto in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	15	#1,771
2024	14	#1,825
2023	15	#1,715
2022	7	#2,922
2021	12	#1,969
2020	17	#1,512
2019	20	#1,351
2018	11	#2,088
2017	13	#1,922
2016	17	#1,591
2015	17	#1,535
2014	18	#1,454
2013	14	#1,715
2012	10	#2,230
2011	15	#1,619
2010	15	#1,654
2009	12	#1,852
2008	12	#1,810
2007	18	#1,343
2006	17	#1,302
2005	16	#1,326
2004	7	#2,157
2003	9	#1,723
2002	19	#988
2001	9	#1,547
2000	14	#1,113
1999	11	#1,267
1998	11	#1,259
1997	8	#1,532
1996	10	#1,290

Names like Guto

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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