Gussie
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #9,336 · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to girls 92.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 70 births
- Debut · girls
- 54 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,084since 1880
Gussie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #1,533 | 48 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #1,256 | 57 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,057 | 77 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #1,026 | 79 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,085 | 67 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #975 | 82 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,023 | 68 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #904 | 69 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #727 | 108 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #870 | 80 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #804 | 90 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #687 | 105 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #614 | 129 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #633 | 115 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #614 | 122 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #573 | 140 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #571 | 132 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #597 | 119 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #607 | 118 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #513 | 153 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #528 | 154 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #538 | 151 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #524 | 167 | #1,533 | 23 |
| 1929 | #551 | 153 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #517 | 179 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #473 | 219 | #1,436 | 27 |
| 1926 | #439 | 243 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #406 | 286 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #432 | 262 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #411 | 265 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #370 | 312 | #1,222 | 35 |
| 1921 | #381 | 308 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #362 | 328 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #328 | 374 | #1,230 | 33 |
| 1918 | #324 | 391 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #323 | 364 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #306 | 388 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #318 | 344 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #287 | 336 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #285 | 274 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #282 | 259 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #249 | 245 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #249 | 240 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #243 | 211 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #232 | 213 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #241 | 194 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #231 | 188 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #216 | 205 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #234 | 173 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #230 | 170 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #218 | 185 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #220 | 167 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #203 | 236 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #237 | 137 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #213 | 181 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #213 | 166 | #652 | 11 |
| 1896 | #214 | 167 | — | |
| 1895 | #224 | 150 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #208 | 165 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #221 | 138 | — | |
| 1892 | #206 | 151 | — | |
| 1891 | #199 | 137 | — | |
| 1890 | #216 | 125 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #199 | 133 | — | |
| 1888 | #207 | 118 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #234 | 82 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #212 | 89 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #204 | 87 | — | |
| 1884 | #245 | 62 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #214 | 68 | — | |
| 1882 | #197 | 70 | — | |
| 1881 | #216 | 50 | — | |
| 1880 | #208 | 54 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gussie was already there! It came in at #208, and was given to 54 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gussie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 143 spots in 1944 (#870 → #727)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1945 (#727 → #904)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #197 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 78 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 1,270 girls born in 1900 were named Gussie (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 234,376 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #197 in 1882, was only 1 in 1,541 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.6% of all girls named Gussie (3,215) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 813 | #197 (1882) | #214 |
| 1890s | 1,517 | #199 (1891) | #215 |
| 1900s | 1,942 | #203 (1900) | #227 |
| 1910s | 3,215 | #249 (1911) | #295 |
| 1920s | 2,555 | #362 (1920) | #434 |
| 1930s | 1,371 | #513 (1933) | #570 |
| 1940s | 859 | #614 (1940) | #885 |
| 1950s | 515 | #1,026 (1950) | #1,458 |
| 1960s | 204 | #2,097 (1960) | #3,058 |
| 1970s | 56 | #4,810 (1971) | #6,560 |
| 1980s | 29 | #6,804 (1981) | #10,375 |
| 1990s | 8 | #9,336 (1991) | #9,336 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gussie in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
girls
234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 1,411 of them was named Gussie, which outranked 88.2% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 10,251 of them was named Gussie, which outranked 46.9% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).