Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Guy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Guy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.2% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

2,301

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

95.2%

2024

111

All-time

90,529

Guy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 2,301 boys were named Guy.

In 2024, only 111 boys were given the name.

Down 95.2% from its peak.

All told, about 90,529 Americans have been named Guy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.2% from peak

19572,301 boys named Guy

2024111 boys named Guy

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