Boys' name · since 2000
Guinness
Guinness has 24 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,492 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Guinness is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 24 have been recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Guinness recorded 24 times among boys since 2000, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2009.
- #27,492 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guinness ranks #27,492 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,492 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Guinness's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Guinness's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Guinness's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Guinness popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Guinness by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (24 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Guinness's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Guinness births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Guinness: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Guinness draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.