Guss
Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,136since 1880
Guss over time
Rank among boys' names. Guss has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
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| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
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| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,458 | 23 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,222 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #892 | 25 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #578 | 18 |
| 1899 | #521 | 14 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #581 | 11 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | #422 | 18 |
| 1884 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #359 | 22 |
| 1882 | #426 | 18 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Guss was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1940, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Guss is popular in 1898
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Guss
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Biggest jump: 848 spots in 1912 (#1,740 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 812 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,740)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #359 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1906
- Highest: 1 in 4,756 boys born in 1883 were named Guss (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 362,889 boys born in 1982 (0.00%)
- 24.2% of all boys named Guss (275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 128 | #359 (1883) | #549 |
| 1890s | 113 | #521 (1894) | #639 |
| 1900s | 118 | #578 (1900) | #765 |
| 1910s | 234 | #892 (1912) | #1,227 |
| 1920s | 275 | #1,139 (1920) | #1,458 |
| 1930s | 110 | #1,458 (1931) | #2,068 |
| 1940s | 81 | #2,195 (1944) | #2,751 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,770 (1950) | #3,230 |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,704 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,385 (1982) | #6,385 |
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.
Guss in 1898
Top boys' names in 1898
More about 1898
boys
122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 15,336 of them was named Guss, which outranked 37.6% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).