Gus
Gus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 166 births. Its best rank was 121st, in 1882, 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1660.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921327 births
- Best rank
- #121first in 1882
- Since 1880
- 19,972people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,972 boys have been named Gus in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 327 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 99 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gus | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,029 | |
| 1890s | 885 | |
| 1900s | 862 | |
| 1910s | 2,288 | |
| 1920s | 2,939 | |
| 1930s | 1,990 | |
| 1940s | 1,623 | |
| 1950s | 1,748 | |
| 1960s | 1,422 | |
| 1970s | 873 | |
| 1980s | 500 | |
| 1990s | 442 | |
| 2000s | 883 | |
| 2010s | 1,620 | |
| 2020s | 868 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Gus was the 324th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Gus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Judgepeak 1919
- Benpeak 1918
- Columbuspeak 1922
- Clempeak 1917
- Claudpeak 1919
- Harrypeak 1918
- Generalpeak 1918
- Charliepeak 1919
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.