Guthrie
Masculine
Guthrie is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 854 boys against 12 girls since 1880.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, went from empty prairie to a town of ten thousand people in one afternoon. The land run of 22 April 1889 opened at noon, and by nightfall the place had streets, tents and a mayor.
How old is the name Guthrie?
Guthrie first appears in US birth records in 1895 — 130 years ago. The typical Guthrie alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 600 people named Guthrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Guthrie most popular?
Guthrie peaked in 1895, reaching #872 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 9,823 places below that high. See the whole 1895 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Guthrie
The Unassigned Lands in the center of what is now Oklahoma were opened for settlement at noon on 22 April 1889, and around fifty thousand people were waiting at the line. Guthrie, a railway stop with a water tower, had a population in the thousands within hours; by evening lots had been claimed, disputed and traded, and within a week there was a functioning municipal government. Those who slipped across the line early to stake claims were called sooners, which is why Oklahoma is the Sooner State. Guthrie served as the territorial and then the state capital until 1910, when the seal was removed to Oklahoma City overnight. The name is Scottish, from a place in Angus, and reached America as a surname well before any of that.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Guthrie is a Scottish surname from a place in Angus, whose own name is disputed; a Gaelic root meaning windy and one meaning a place of corn have both been proposed. An unrelated Irish surname O Gaothaigh also gives Guthrie. The American peak is 1895.
Pronouncing Guthrie
GUTH-ree
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the th of thin rather than of this.
Nicknames for Guthrie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1895
- Most boys named
- 198335 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #872reached in 1895
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%6 in 2025, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Guthrie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Guthrie in Scots — same name
- O Gaothaigh in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Oklahoma.
Guthries among us
people named Guthrie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Guthrie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Guthrie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Guthrie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Guthrie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is a genuine surname with a documented Scottish origin.
- Two syllables and a distinctive opening.
- It works for either sex.
- The surname's own meaning is unsettled.
- One American folk singer dominates the association.
- Its 1895 peak places it early in the records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Guthries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Guthrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Guthrie in 2025?
- Guthrie ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Guthrie?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Guthrie — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Guthrie with classmates?
- Guthrie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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