Guy

Meaning: Wood; wide
Origin: From Germanic Wido (from Germanic via Old French)

Boy's name · #1637 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Guy — on the books since 1880, #1637 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 91,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#843 in Scotland (2025) · #918 in Ireland (2025) · #1,244 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,026 in Canada (2024).

Famous Guys

Guy de Maupassant — French writer (1850–1893)
Guy Fawkes — English member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Guy Verhofstadt — Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008
Guy Ritchie — English filmmaker (born 1968)
Guy Pearce — English-born Australian actor (born 1967)

In stories & tradition

Guy Gardner — Green Lantern (comics)
Guy of Gisbourne — Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne (book)
Guy of Warwick — Guy of Warwick (book)

What Guys become

Among 4,009 notable people named Guy:

Political leaders appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician (born 1953).

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