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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Gus has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | |
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.
See more about Gus
- 117 spots since 2024 (#1,211 → #1,328)
- 156 spots since 2020 (#1,172 → #1,328)
- 176 spots since 2015 (#1,152 → #1,328)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 2016 (#1,152 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1979 (#989 → #1,206)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #121 (133 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 91 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1976
- Highest: 1 in 909 boys born in 1888 were named Gus (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,780 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 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.
Gus in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 249,774 of them was named Gus, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 839 names at #5,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 3,801 of them was named Gus, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.