boy's name

Guido

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 4,411

Scotland

#309

1976 births

Guido is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2024 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1921, when 140 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1904.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Guido over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

1,012
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Guido by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 40
1910s 733
1920s 1,012
1930s 354
1940s 159
1950s 204
1960s 251
1970s 195
1980s 165
1990s 110
2000s 95
2010s 28
2020s (to 2024) 6

How popular is Guido?

In 2024, Guido was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Guido is used

Scotland #309 3 in 1976
England & Wales #5,390 3 in 2021
France #5,737 5 in 2021
United States #11,228 6 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Guido

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Guido

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Guido — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Guido

How popular is the name Guido?

In 2024, Guido was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Guido a girl's or a boy's name?

Guido is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Guido?

Guido has 2 syllables.

When was Guido most popular?

Guido peaked in 1921, when 140 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.