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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 203 babies (rank #168 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

2,356
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
203
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
1996203#168
1997172#187
1998159#205
1999114#257
2000144#217
2001182#186
2002174#197
2003135#238
2004139#236
2005117#277
2006105#335
200793#389
200887#427
200980#455
201062#553
201160#583
201270#528
201364#560
201467#545
201576#509
201653#664