Guyon

Boys' name

From Middle French Guyon; literal meaning unconfirmed

Guyon has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1958. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1958, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Guyon, 1966

1 in 695,000

Guyon over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Guyon: meaning, origin, and history

From Middle French Guyon; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Guyon means

Guyon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Guyon is used in French and Middle French.

Guyon comes through Middle French Guyon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Guyon between 1958 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1958; its best national rank was #4,175 in 1958.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Guyon?

Guyon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1966, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1966: 1 in 695,000; 5 of 3,475,564 births
Among boys only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1966: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,817 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Guyon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1966 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,817 children born in 1966 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Guyon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Guyons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Guyon was born before 1958 — so the typical Guyon is around 67 today.

Median birth year: 1958; About 67 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Guyon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1958 (5)
Years since peak: 67; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,175; 1958

Spellings of Guyon

Guyon is not the most common spelling — Guy is, with 65.4% against Guyon's <0.01%.

Guy65.4%90,632
Bryon10.6%14,720
Keyon4.3%5,919
Glynn3.6%4,943
Zyon3.1%4,325
Gaylon2.5%3,478
Ryon1.5%2,009
Glyn1.00%1,383

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Guyon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,175; 1958
Peak year: 1958; 5 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 1966
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Guyon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Xiyon Ciyon Guye Maiyon Reyon Aayon Eriyon Jcyon Guymon Keyyon Miyon Cyon Zyyon Ivyon Niyon Kyyon Jiyon Aiyon Mayon Banyon Milyon Leyon Antyon Drayon

Sibling names for Guyon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cathie Lizabeth Bonny Laureen Pamala Valorie Cindi Dorene

For a brother

Von Curtiss Russ Lonny Nicky Dwain Stan Hayward

Explore around Guyon

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