Guy
Boy · GY · Germanic
Guy is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 1,634th for boys in the US (103 babies).
What does Guy mean?
Germanic: Norman French form of Germanic Wido
Norman name of Germanic origin; Guy Fawkes's failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 is remembered on Bonfire Night.
- Say it
- GY
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Is Guy a girl's or a boy's name?
Guy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 103 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Guy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Guy, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 209 boys.
Half of all the boys named Guy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#85).
Guy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 42 | #844 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 41 | #829 |
| 2018 | 60 | #661 |
| 2017 | 64 | #641 |
| 2016 | 59 | #670 |
| 2015 | 88 | #502 |
| 2014 | 71 | #577 |
| 2013 | 70 | #567 |
| 2012 | 74 | #549 |
| 2011 | 63 | #606 |
| 2010 | 67 | #569 |
| 2009 | 91 | #457 |
| 2008 | 96 | #431 |
| 2007 | 102 | #397 |
| 2006 | 113 | #339 |
| 2005 | 125 | #293 |
| 2004 | 148 | #254 |
| 2003 | 146 | #244 |
| 2002 | 181 | #203 |
| 2001 | 200 | #188 |
| 2000 | 151 | #225 |
| 1999 | 126 | #268 |
| 1998 | 170 | #214 |
| 1997 | 176 | #204 |
| 1996 | 209 | #177 |
How popular is Guy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,634among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 103about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were named Guy, making it the 1,634th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,361st. Its busiest year was 1957, with 2,302 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Guy since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Guy in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Guy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #1,634 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,556 |
| 2023 | 111 | #1,567 |
| 2022 | 127 | #1,433 |
| 2021 | 118 | #1,503 |
| 2020 | 130 | #1,361 |
| 2019 | 172 | #1,132 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,305 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,295 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,190 |
| 2014 | 156 | #1,186 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,203 |
| 2012 | 142 | #1,244 |
| 2011 | 141 | #1,235 |
| 2010 | 158 | #1,163 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,226 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 159 | #1,129 |
| 2006 | 186 | #994 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,080 |
| 2004 | 168 | #987 |
| 2003 | 173 | #945 |
| 2002 | 173 | #923 |
| 2001 | 209 | #801 |
| 2000 | 201 | #799 |
| 1999 | 190 | #803 |
| 1998 | 208 | #765 |
| 1997 | 188 | #786 |
| 1996 | 193 | #761 |
| 1995 | 208 | #742 |
| 1994 | 202 | #738 |
| 1993 | 260 | #641 |
| 1992 | 282 | #612 |
| 1991 | 332 | #558 |
| 1990 | 323 | #565 |
| 1989 | 314 | #546 |
| 1988 | 327 | #507 |
| 1987 | 354 | #469 |
| 1986 | 344 | #467 |
| 1985 | 367 | #445 |
| 1984 | 343 | #452 |
| 1983 | 342 | #450 |
| 1982 | 422 | #398 |
| 1981 | 405 | #406 |
| 1980 | 417 | #396 |
| 1979 | 464 | #372 |
| 1978 | 435 | #369 |
| 1977 | 497 | #351 |
| 1976 | 507 | #339 |
| 1975 | 531 | #330 |
| 1974 | 593 | #307 |
| 1973 | 627 | #289 |
| 1972 | 726 | #268 |
| 1971 | 865 | #258 |
| 1970 | 1,009 | #235 |
| 1969 | 1,171 | #211 |
| 1968 | 1,144 | #202 |
| 1967 | 1,167 | #199 |
| 1966 | 1,278 | #192 |
| 1965 | 1,359 | #187 |
| 1964 | 1,607 | #170 |
| 1963 | 1,742 | #169 |
| 1962 | 1,916 | #166 |
| 1961 | 2,023 | #162 |
| 1960 | 1,949 | #168 |
| 1959 | 2,031 | #158 |
| 1958 | 2,104 | #156 |
| 1957 | 2,302 | #149 |
| 1956 | 2,216 | #146 |
| 1955 | 2,041 | #145 |
| 1954 | 2,099 | #143 |
| 1953 | 1,885 | #150 |
| 1952 | 1,843 | #152 |
| 1951 | 1,400 | #179 |
| 1950 | 1,237 | #179 |
| 1949 | 1,131 | #185 |
| 1948 | 1,023 | #195 |
| 1947 | 1,184 | #180 |
| 1946 | 976 | #187 |
| 1945 | 759 | #195 |
| 1944 | 783 | #193 |
| 1943 | 823 | #196 |
| 1942 | 799 | #196 |
| 1941 | 760 | #191 |
| 1940 | 716 | #192 |
| 1939 | 712 | #187 |
| 1938 | 719 | #189 |
| 1937 | 732 | #181 |
| 1936 | 711 | #183 |
| 1935 | 768 | #177 |
| 1934 | 767 | #178 |
| 1933 | 790 | #172 |
| 1932 | 757 | #180 |
| 1931 | 781 | #174 |
| 1930 | 827 | #174 |
| 1929 | 822 | #172 |
| 1928 | 866 | #167 |
| 1927 | 921 | #162 |
| 1926 | 994 | #159 |
| 1925 | 978 | #157 |
| 1924 | 1,055 | #151 |
| 1923 | 1,043 | #149 |
| 1922 | 1,116 | #141 |
| 1921 | 1,120 | #140 |
| 1920 | 957 | #154 |
| 1919 | 908 | #148 |
| 1918 | 999 | #144 |
| 1917 | 904 | #146 |
| 1916 | 903 | #144 |
| 1915 | 816 | #145 |
| 1914 | 580 | #156 |
| 1913 | 566 | #137 |
| 1912 | 455 | #140 |
| 1911 | 243 | #135 |
| 1910 | 250 | #133 |
| 1909 | 195 | #137 |
| 1908 | 200 | #126 |
| 1907 | 189 | #126 |
| 1906 | 168 | #126 |
| 1905 | 203 | #105 |
| 1904 | 175 | #122 |
| 1903 | 187 | #105 |
| 1902 | 186 | #103 |
| 1901 | 170 | #99 |
| 1900 | 240 | #99 |
| 1899 | 200 | #90 |
| 1898 | 215 | #94 |
| 1897 | 195 | #92 |
| 1896 | 262 | #76 |
| 1895 | 261 | #76 |
| 1894 | 261 | #76 |
| 1893 | 267 | #72 |
| 1892 | 315 | #65 |
| 1891 | 262 | #67 |
| 1890 | 249 | #72 |
| 1889 | 271 | #70 |
| 1888 | 297 | #71 |
| 1887 | 238 | #71 |
| 1886 | 255 | #70 |
| 1885 | 266 | #68 |
| 1884 | 260 | #72 |
| 1883 | 224 | #71 |
| 1882 | 253 | #68 |
| 1881 | 186 | #76 |
| 1880 | 239 | #68 |
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