Guy

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,634in 2025
  • 1 in 16,583boys in 2025
  • −25%last ten years

Most popular in 1891. Quieter now: down 25% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,2952,58918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Guy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,163
18811,846
18822,225
18832,141
18842,272
18852,468
18862,302
18872,347
18882,458
18892,451
18902,243
18912,589
18922,581
18932,377
18942,255
18952,223
18962,191
18971,729
18981,752
18991,883
19001,595
19011,597
19021,516
19031,568
19041,366
19051,534
19061,262
19071,287
19081,296
19091,189
19101,287
19111,075
19121,058
19131,104
1914886
1915962
19161,015
1917977
1918986
1919926
1920899
19211,017
19221,026
1923952
1924931
1925876
1926895
1927817
1928782
1929764
1930754
1931751
1932725
1933797
1934743
1935738
1936685
1937686
1938648
1939643
1940618
1941619
1942578
1943577
1944575
1945564
1946601
1947647
1948583
1949638
1950691
1951744
1952948
1953956
19541,030
1955991
19561,048
19571,067
1958991
1959952
1960914
1961952
1962926
1963858
1964806
1965731
1966717
1967669
1968658
1969655
1970543
1971489
1972448
1973402
1974377
1975340
1976323
1977302
1978265
1979270
1980234
1981226
1982233
1983191
1984190
1985199
1986187
1987190
1988171
1989157
1990157
1991164
1992141
1993133
1994105
1995109
1996102
1997100
1998109
199999
2000102
2001108
200289
200388
200485
200576
200690
200777
200880
200974
201082
201174
201275
201379
201481
201581
201674
201785
201877
201996
202075
202167
202273
202365
202465
202560

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.1×
  2. Texas 0.9×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
103
Rank in 2025
#1,634
How rare
1 in 16,583 boys
Since 1880
90,632

Most popular in 1891, at 2,589 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 25% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.1×38
Texas0.9×31

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.