Gus
- Last seen for girls in 1924 at #5,061
- #1,328 for boys in 2025, 145 births
- Given to boys >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 133 births
- Debut · boys
- 99 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,119since 1880
Gus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gus has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,328 | 145 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,211 | 167 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,169 | 176 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,097 | 196 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,179 | 167 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,172 | 164 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,052 | 195 | |
| 2018 | — | #998 | 207 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,081 | 181 | |
| 2016 | — | #999 | 204 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,152 | 163 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,188 | 155 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,238 | 143 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,376 | 122 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,411 | 117 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,292 | 133 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,360 | 126 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,374 | 124 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,412 | 115 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,438 | 108 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,497 | 96 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,565 | 84 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,936 | 60 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,832 | 62 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,733 | 66 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,298 | 42 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,966 | 49 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,012 | 47 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,590 | 29 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,988 | 42 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,012 | 41 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,850 | 45 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,697 | 50 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,652 | 50 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,780 | 44 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,919 | 38 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,618 | 44 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,636 | 42 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,286 | 57 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,452 | 46 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,422 | 45 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,293 | 52 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,188 | 60 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,125 | 65 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,206 | 57 | |
| 1978 | — | #989 | 76 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,036 | 69 | |
| 1976 | — | #911 | 83 | |
| 1975 | — | #837 | 98 | |
| 1974 | — | #867 | 85 | |
| 1973 | — | #801 | 97 | |
| 1972 | — | #815 | 96 | |
| 1971 | — | #733 | 126 | |
| 1970 | — | #869 | 86 | |
| 1969 | — | #812 | 90 | |
| 1968 | — | #771 | 93 | |
| 1967 | — | #687 | 117 | |
| 1966 | — | #641 | 134 | |
| 1965 | — | #631 | 144 | |
| 1964 | — | #651 | 141 | |
| 1963 | — | #637 | 151 | |
| 1962 | — | #592 | 173 | |
| 1961 | — | #585 | 183 | |
| 1960 | — | #562 | 196 | |
| 1959 | — | #590 | 175 | |
| 1958 | — | #545 | 199 | |
| 1957 | — | #578 | 178 | |
| 1956 | — | #591 | 166 | |
| 1955 | — | #572 | 168 | |
| 1954 | — | #516 | 197 | |
| 1953 | — | #537 | 176 | |
| 1952 | — | #529 | 175 | |
| 1951 | — | #559 | 150 | |
| 1950 | — | #521 | 164 | |
| 1949 | — | #560 | 145 | |
| 1948 | — | #491 | 180 | |
| 1947 | — | #479 | 195 | |
| 1946 | — | #507 | 161 | |
| 1945 | — | #470 | 161 | |
| 1944 | — | #496 | 150 | |
| 1943 | — | #482 | 163 | |
| 1942 | — | #474 | 168 | |
| 1941 | — | #481 | 148 | |
| 1940 | — | #468 | 152 | |
| 1939 | — | #435 | 170 | |
| 1938 | — | #445 | 168 | |
| 1937 | — | #468 | 144 | |
| 1936 | — | #409 | 180 | |
| 1935 | — | #388 | 197 | |
| 1934 | — | #388 | 199 | |
| 1933 | — | #379 | 206 | |
| 1932 | — | #372 | 224 | |
| 1931 | — | #362 | 239 | |
| 1930 | — | #348 | 263 | |
| 1929 | — | #351 | 257 | |
| 1928 | — | #355 | 262 | |
| 1927 | — | #340 | 285 | |
| 1926 | — | #338 | 294 | |
| 1925 | — | #316 | 324 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #337 | 298 |
| 1923 | — | #355 | 277 | |
| 1922 | — | #336 | 303 | |
| 1921 | — | #324 | 327 | |
| 1920 | — | #329 | 312 | |
| 1919 | — | #306 | 323 | |
| 1918 | — | #323 | 309 | |
| 1917 | — | #313 | 291 | |
| 1916 | — | #307 | 288 | |
| 1915 | — | #299 | 287 | |
| 1914 | — | #303 | 223 | |
| 1913 | — | #275 | 198 | |
| 1912 | — | #280 | 163 | |
| 1911 | — | #257 | 100 | |
| 1910 | — | #227 | 106 | |
| 1909 | — | #205 | 104 | |
| 1908 | — | #233 | 80 | |
| 1907 | — | #201 | 96 | |
| 1906 | — | #205 | 85 | |
| 1905 | — | #219 | 76 | |
| 1904 | — | #213 | 75 | |
| 1903 | — | #210 | 71 | |
| 1902 | — | #194 | 85 | |
| 1901 | — | #202 | 70 | |
| 1900 | — | #173 | 120 | |
| 1899 | — | #191 | 71 | |
| 1898 | — | #193 | 78 | |
| 1897 | — | #173 | 89 | |
| 1896 | — | #168 | 95 | |
| 1895 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1894 | — | #194 | 76 | |
| 1893 | — | #157 | 93 | |
| 1892 | — | #136 | 117 | |
| 1891 | — | #157 | 85 | |
| 1890 | — | #131 | 109 | |
| 1889 | — | #124 | 114 | |
| 1888 | — | #121 | 133 | |
| 1887 | — | #151 | 82 | |
| 1886 | — | #135 | 102 | |
| 1885 | — | #154 | 87 | |
| 1884 | — | #123 | 117 | |
| 1883 | — | #158 | 81 | |
| 1882 | — | #121 | 120 | |
| 1881 | — | #127 | 94 | |
| 1880 | — | #137 | 99 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gus was already there! It came in at #137, and was given to 99 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1996, when fewer than 43 boys a year got the name.
Where Gus is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #477 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Oregon | #604 | 5 | 1 in 3,012 |
| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 156 spots since 2020 (#1,172 → #1,328)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1979
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #121 (133 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 91 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1976
Share of babies · boys
1 in 909
- Highest: 1 in 909 boys born in 1888 were named Gus (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,780 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 14.6% of all boys named Gus (2,939) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,029 | #121 (1888) | #135 |
| 1890s | 885 | #131 (1890) | #170 |
| 1900s | 862 | #173 (1900) | #206 |
| 1910s | 2,288 | #227 (1910) | #289 |
| 1920s | 2,939 | #316 (1925) | #338 |
| 1930s | 1,990 | #348 (1930) | #399 |
| 1940s | 1,623 | #468 (1940) | #491 |
| 1950s | 1,748 | #516 (1954) | #554 |
| 1960s | 1,422 | #562 (1960) | #657 |
| 1970s | 873 | #733 (1971) | #906 |
| 1980s | 500 | #1,125 (1980) | #1,424 |
| 1990s | 442 | #1,652 (1991) | #1,954 |
| 2000s | 883 | #1,360 (2009) | #1,645 |
| 2010s | 1,620 | #998 (2018) | #1,179 |
| 2020s | 1,015 | #1,097 (2022) | #1,193 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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