Guerry — boys' name
145 babies named Guerry in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Guerry was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Guerry in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Guerry
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Guerry between 1933 and 1968, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Guerry currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Guerry performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Guerry shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Guerry in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Guerry in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 145 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Guerry at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Guerry popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1933
- Peak year (1952)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
145 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 10 births in a single year.
Guerry by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 61 births that decade — 42% of Guerry's all-time total
Guerry decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Guerry's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Guerry by state
Where Guerry concentrates geographically — total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1933–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.