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 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 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 |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 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.
Where Gussie is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#234 · 1 in 1,353
- Florida#271 · 1 in 1,617
- Alabama#303 · 1 in 2,544
- South Carolina#325 · 1 in 2,644
- Arkansas#417 · 1 in 4,074
Best ever in a state: #71 in Florida, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #234 | 26 | 1 in 1,353 |
| Florida | #271 | 11 | 1 in 1,617 |
| Alabama | #303 | 13 | 1 in 2,544 |
| South Carolina | #325 | 9 | 1 in 2,644 |
| Arkansas | #417 | 5 | 1 in 4,074 |
| Louisiana | #424 | 7 | 1 in 3,752 |
| Mississippi | #472 | 5 | 1 in 4,868 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 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 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 15,008 of them was named Gussie, which outranked 85.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 106,243 of them was named Gussie, which outranked 49.5% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,946Winslow14
- #1,946Winthrop14
- #1,946Woodford14
- #2,042Gussie13
- #2,042Abbott13
- #2,042Adrain13
- #2,042Albino13
- #2,145Alger12
- #2,145Alpheus12
- #2,145Americo12
Tied with 102 names at #2,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.