Guss

Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385

Peak · boys
1883 · 22 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,136
since 1880

Guss over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Guss has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #359, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1982#6,3855
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1970
1969#3,9356
1968
1967#3,9665
1966#3,2497
1965
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1960#3,6656
1959#3,6196
1958#3,2757
1957
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1954#3,4526
1953#2,9058
1952#2,8758
1951#3,7145
1950#2,7708
1949#2,6069
1948#2,32611
1947#3,0967
1946#2,6908
1945#2,5748
1944#2,19511
1943#2,9647
1942#2,9407
1941#2,6568
1940#3,4595
1939
1938
1937#2,4799
1936#2,06212
1935#2,7198
1934#1,72517
1933#1,82915
1932#2,19112
1931#1,45823
1930#2,07914
1929#1,61121
1928#1,64721
1927#1,69221
1926#1,43226
1925#1,39028
1924#1,45827
1923#1,15738
1922#1,22235
1921#1,82919
1920#1,13939
1919#1,26431
1918#1,44625
1917#1,32227
1916#1,41524
1915#1,05437
1914#1,18824
1913#1,02324
1912#89225
1911#1,7405
1910#92812
1909#80413
1908#74413
1907#1,3455
1906#8529
1905#63614
1904#64713
1903#61913
1902#74410
1901#68310
1900#57818
1899#52114
1898#8048
1897#7878
1896#67411
1895#52915
1894#52115
1893#61511
1892#59712
1891#52412
1890#8147
1889#58111
1888#64810
1887#6798
1886#6479
1885#42218
1884#52013
1883#35922
1882#42618
1881#56310
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

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 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Guss
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #359 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1906
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,756
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.2% of all boys named Guss (275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s128#359 (1883)#549
1890s113#521 (1894)#639
1900s118#578 (1900)#765
1910s234#892 (1912)#1,227
1920s275#1,139 (1920)#1,458
1930s110#1,458 (1931)#2,068
1940s81#2,195 (1944)#2,751
1950s48#2,770 (1950)#3,230
1960s24#3,249 (1966)#3,704
1970s0
1980s5#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 1909

boys
#804
13 births · 1 in 12,615 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #804Guss13
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 12,615 of them was named Guss, which outranked 52.1% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Guss
  1. #756Sebastian14
  2. #756Vicente14
  3. #756Wash14
  4. #804Guss13
  5. #804Addison13
  6. #804Adolphus13
  7. #804Alonza13
  8. #840Alden12
  9. #840Antoine12
  10. #840Armando12

Tied with 35 names at #804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 783Toney#1,373#590
  2. 720Cicero#1,373#653
  3. 538Alfonzo#1,217#679
  4. 533Bessie#1,373#840
  5. 533Ezell#1,373#840
Fallers
  1. 874Tracy#566#1,440
  2. 808Jonah#632#1,440
  3. 808Lew#632#1,440
  4. 783Blair#657#1,440
  5. 728Perley#712#1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909