Guy

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Guy is a masculine given name derived from an abbreviated version of a Germanic name that began either with witu, meaning wood, or wit, meaning wide. In French, the letter w became gu and the name became Guy, Gui or Guido. In Latin, the name was written as Wido.

From Wikipedia

Guy first appears in the data in 1959 and has been recorded in 7 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 73 babies (rank #99 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Guy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Guy yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

257
Total babies (all years)
7
Years in the data
73
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195959#100
196060#101
196162#102
197073#99
20141#1,330
20151#1,305
20161#1,325