Guthrie

Where Guthrie comes from

Guthrie hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1893
    Guthrie McClintic born
    American theatre and film director
  2. 1895
    Debut at its peak, #872
    #872 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1912
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1971
    Guthrie Govan born
    British musician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Guthrie Govan · British musician, born 1971
  • Guthrie McClintic · American theatre and film director, 1893–1961

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.