# Guido (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/guido/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡwidoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,352 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,352 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 | 5,797 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,235 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7,459 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,404 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,800 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,704 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,149 |
| 2008 | 16 | 5,583 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,281 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,223 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,324 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,918 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,212 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,816 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,405 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Guido

- Guido of Arezzo, 11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation
- Guido Reni, Bolognese painter (1575–1642)
- Guido van Rossum, Dutch programmer and creator of Python
- Guido Buchwald, German association football player and manager
- Guido Rodríguez, Argentine association footballer
- Guido von List, Austrian writer (1848-1919)
- Guido Pizarro, Argentine association football player
- Guido Burgstaller, Association footballer
- Guido Carrillo EL GOAT, Argentine association football player
- Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player (born 1990)
- Guido Fulst, German cyclist
- Guido Andreozzi, Argentine tennis player (born 1991)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.