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How popular is “Guy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Guy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Guy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Guy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Guy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Guy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Guy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Guy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 239 0.001186198 239 -100%
1881 186 0.000965291 186 -100%
1882 253 0.001142042 253 -100%
1883 224 0.001032515 224 -100%
1884 260 0.001067933 260 -100%
1885 266 0.001104404 266 -100%
1886 255 0.000998762 255 -100%
1887 238 0.000962036 238 -100%
1888 297 0.000991739 297 -100%
1889 271 0.000937891 271 -100%
1890 255 0.000846049 6 249 -95%
1891 267 0.000931375 5 262 -96%
1892 315 0.000942059 315 -100%
1893 267 0.000820975 267 -100%
1894 261 0.000770616 261 -100%
1895 261 0.000743547 261 -100%
1896 262 0.0007329 262 -100%
1897 195 0.000562029 195 -100%
1898 215 0.000563631 215 -100%
1899 200 0.000589564 200 -100%
1900 246 0.000546353 6 240 -95%
1901 170 0.000491597 170 -100%
1902 186 0.000480952 186 -100%
1903 187 0.000490556 187 -100%
1904 175 0.000433721 175 -100%
1905 203 0.000478862 203 -100%
1906 168 0.00039211 168 -100%
1907 189 0.000406111 189 -100%
1908 200 0.000409292 200 -100%
1909 195 0.000381437 195 -100%
1910 250 0.000423219 250 -100%
1911 243 0.000377166 243 -100%
1912 455 0.000460497 455 -100%
1913 571 0.00050215 5 566 -98%
1914 588 0.000415153 8 580 -97%
1915 826 0.000450769 10 816 -98%
1916 916 0.000473528 13 903 -97%
1917 910 0.00045347 6 904 -99%
1918 1011 0.00046566 12 999 -98%
1919 918 0.000435021 10 908 -98%
1920 967 0.000427376 10 957 -98%
1921 1129 0.000483614 9 1120 -98%
1922 1127 0.000492321 11 1116 -98%
1923 1055 0.000458201 12 1043 -98%
1924 1070 0.000449276 15 1055 -97%
1925 991 0.00042472 13 978 -97%
1926 1012 0.000440785 18 994 -96%
1927 928 0.000400111 7 921 -98%
1928 883 0.000390546 16 867 -96%
1929 831 0.000379078 10 821 -98%
1930 839 0.000377369 12 827 -97%
1931 793 0.000376832 12 781 -97%
1932 768 0.000363758 11 757 -97%
1933 799 0.00039961 9 790 -98%
1934 773 0.000372204 6 767 -98%
1935 768 0.000367482 768 -100%
1936 717 0.000345113 6 711 -98%
1937 739 0.000346839 7 732 -98%
1938 725 0.000327673 6 719 -98%
1939 720 0.000326761 8 712 -98%
1940 721 0.000313113 5 716 -99%
1941 766 0.000314395 6 760 -98%
1942 806 0.000295042 7 799 -98%
1943 831 0.000294414 8 823 -98%
1944 788 0.000292928 5 783 -99%
1945 764 0.000287986 5 759 -99%
1946 983 0.000307639 6 977 -99%
1947 1188 0.000329787 5 1183 -99%
1948 1029 0.000298043 6 1023 -99%
1949 1138 0.000326563 8 1130 -99%
1950 1242 0.000354517 5 1237 -99%
1951 1406 0.000381677 6 1400 -99%
1952 1848 0.000486571 5 1843 -99%
1953 1891 0.000490704 6 1885 -99%
1954 2099 0.000527293 2099 -100%
1955 2046 0.000509579 5 2041 -100%
1956 2224 0.000539408 8 2216 -99%
1957 2310 0.000549719 9 2301 -99%
1958 2110 0.000510413 6 2104 -99%
1959 2036 0.000489659 5 2031 -100%
1960 1954 0.000470411 7 1947 -99%
1961 2034 0.000491031 10 2024 -99%
1962 1923 0.000476536 7 1916 -99%
1963 1751 0.000442373 9 1742 -99%
1964 1606 0.000413108 1606 -100%
1965 1367 0.000377057 7 1360 -99%
1966 1278 0.0003677 1278 -100%
1967 1176 0.000346402 9 1167 -98%
1968 1151 0.000340692 5 1146 -99%
1969 1170 0.000336659 1170 -100%
1970 1016 0.000281712 6 1010 -99%
1971 865 0.000252014 865 -100%
1972 726 0.00023099 726 -100%
1973 627 0.00020783 627 -100%
1974 598 0.000196711 5 593 -98%
1975 532 0.000176194 532 -100%
1976 512 0.000168737 5 507 -98%
1977 497 0.000156462 497 -100%
1978 435 0.000137057 435 -100%
1979 464 0.000139465 464 -100%
1980 418 0.000121353 418 -100%
1981 405 0.000117073 405 -100%
1982 427 0.000121723 5 422 -98%
1983 342 0.000098749 342 -100%
1984 343 0.000098316 343 -100%
1985 367 0.000102827 367 -100%
1986 344 0.000096709 344 -100%
1987 354 0.00009818 354 -100%
1988 327 0.000088497 327 -100%
1989 314 0.000081676 314 -100%
1990 323 0.000081721 323 -100%
1991 332 0.000085232 332 -100%
1992 282 0.000073413 282 -100%
1993 260 0.00006896 260 -100%
1994 202 0.000054335 202 -100%
1995 208 0.000056797 208 -100%
1996 193 0.000052917 193 -100%
1997 188 0.000051851 188 -100%
1998 208 0.000056549 208 -100%
1999 190 0.000051437 190 -100%
2000 201 0.000053176 201 -100%
2001 209 0.000055832 209 -100%
2002 173 0.000046278 173 -100%
2003 173 0.000045499 173 -100%
2004 168 0.000043968 168 -100%
2005 152 0.000039533 152 -100%
2006 186 0.000047015 186 -100%
2007 159 0.000039773 159 -100%
2008 163 0.000041469 163 -100%
2009 146 0.000038218 146 -100%
2010 158 0.000042752 158 -100%
2011 141 0.000038548 141 -100%
2012 142 0.000038826 142 -100%
2013 149 0.00004087 149 -100%
2014 156 0.00004209 156 -100%
2015 155 0.000041882 155 -100%
2016 140 0.000038161 140 -100%
2017 157 0.000043901 157 -100%
2018 139 0.000039535 139 -100%
2019 172 0.000049554 172 -100%
2020 130 0.000038915 130 -100%
2021 118 0.000034829 118 -100%
2022 127 0.000037539 127 -100%
2023 111 0.000033523 111 -100%
2024 111 0.000033348 111 -100%

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