Boys' name · since 1960
Guye
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Guye, peaking in 1960. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,520 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
11 boys have been named Guye since 1960, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Guye has 11 recorded births among boys since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1961.
- #33,520 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guye ranks #33,520 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #33,520 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Guye's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Guye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Guye's full recorded timeline at 1961, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Guye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1961
- Peak year (1960)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Guye by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Guye's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Guye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Guye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1960–1961 (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 Guye 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.