Meaning not yet researched.
Gus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 145 in 2025. Its best rank was #121 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #121 in 1888; #1,331 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gus in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,331 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #121.
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Gus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 145 boys in 2025. Peak: #121 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 327 (1921).
In 2025, 145 US boys were named Gus, making it the 1,331st most common boys’ name of the year, down 118 places from #1,213 in 2024. That is 22 fewer than the 167 boys named Gus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #121, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 327, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,153 in 2015 and #523 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gus in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 99 babies with the name. In all, 20,124 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,944 babies named Gus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,802 US boys were named Gus; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 207. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,780 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gus ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #489 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include August (74,452 babies since 1880), Gussie (14,182 babies since 1880) and Gustav (4,267 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gust, Guss and Guess are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Gussie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gust (1,871), Guss (1,136), Guess (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Gus is listed as a nickname for August, Augustine, Augustus, Gustavus.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 11 | #489 | #441 |
| Iowa | 5 | #610 | #597 |
| Utah | 6 | #646 | #525 |
| Oregon | 5 | #649 | #589 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #724 | #707 |
| Missouri | 7 | #743 | #579 |
| Indiana | 6 | #889 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,157 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,184 | #1,019 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,344 | — |
| California | 8 | #1,897 | #1,402 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,932 | — |
| Texas | 5 | #2,707 | #1,480 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 145 | #1,331 |
| 2024 | — | — | 167 | #1,213 |
| 2023 | — | — | 176 | #1,171 |
| 2022 | — | — | 196 | #1,098 |
| 2021 | — | — | 167 | #1,181 |
| 2020 | — | — | 164 | #1,176 |
| 2019 | — | — | 195 | #1,052 |
| 2018 | — | — | 207 | #999 |
| 2017 | — | — | 181 | #1,082 |
| 2016 | — | — | 204 | #1,001 |
| 2015 | — | — | 163 | #1,153 |
| 2014 | — | — | 155 | #1,193 |
| 2013 | — | — | 143 | #1,239 |
| 2012 | — | — | 122 | #1,379 |
| 2011 | — | — | 117 | #1,418 |
| 2010 | — | — | 133 | #1,292 |
| 2009 | — | — | 126 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | — | — | 124 | #1,376 |
| 2007 | — | — | 115 | #1,416 |
| 2006 | — | — | 108 | #1,440 |
| 2005 | — | — | 96 | #1,498 |
| 2004 | — | — | 84 | #1,571 |
| 2003 | — | — | 60 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | — | — | 62 | #1,835 |
| 2001 | — | — | 66 | #1,734 |
| 2000 | — | — | 42 | #2,311 |
| 1999 | — | — | 49 | #1,973 |
| 1998 | — | — | 47 | #2,024 |
| 1997 | — | — | 45 | #2,003 |
| 1996 | — | — | 29 | #2,630 |
| 1995 | — | — | 42 | #1,999 |
| 1994 | — | — | 41 | #2,026 |
| 1993 | — | — | 45 | #1,859 |
| 1992 | — | — | 50 | #1,708 |
| 1991 | — | — | 50 | #1,659 |
| 1990 | — | — | 44 | #1,790 |
| 1989 | — | — | 38 | #1,931 |
| 1988 | — | — | 44 | #1,624 |
| 1987 | — | — | 42 | #1,644 |
| 1986 | — | — | 57 | #1,290 |
| 1985 | — | — | 46 | #1,458 |
| 1984 | — | — | 45 | #1,430 |
| 1983 | — | — | 51 | #1,298 |
| 1982 | — | — | 52 | #1,299 |
| 1981 | — | — | 60 | #1,191 |
| 1980 | — | — | 65 | #1,128 |
| 1979 | — | — | 57 | #1,211 |
| 1978 | — | — | 76 | #993 |
| 1977 | — | — | 69 | #1,040 |
| 1976 | — | — | 83 | #916 |
| 1975 | — | — | 98 | #840 |
| 1974 | — | — | 85 | #872 |
| 1973 | — | — | 97 | #801 |
| 1972 | — | — | 96 | #818 |
| 1971 | — | — | 126 | #736 |
| 1970 | — | — | 86 | #871 |
| 1969 | — | — | 90 | #814 |
| 1968 | — | — | 93 | #771 |
| 1967 | — | — | 117 | #688 |
| 1966 | — | — | 134 | #641 |
| 1965 | — | — | 144 | #631 |
| 1964 | — | — | 141 | #653 |
| 1963 | — | — | 151 | #637 |
| 1962 | — | — | 173 | #592 |
| 1961 | — | — | 183 | #585 |
| 1960 | — | — | 196 | #562 |
| 1959 | — | — | 175 | #590 |
| 1958 | — | — | 199 | #546 |
| 1957 | — | — | 178 | #578 |
| 1956 | — | — | 166 | #591 |
| 1955 | — | — | 168 | #572 |
| 1954 | — | — | 197 | #518 |
| 1953 | — | — | 176 | #537 |
| 1952 | — | — | 175 | #530 |
| 1951 | — | — | 150 | #561 |
| 1950 | — | — | 164 | #523 |
| 1949 | — | — | 145 | #562 |
| 1948 | — | — | 180 | #491 |
| 1947 | — | — | 195 | #479 |
| 1946 | — | — | 161 | #507 |
| 1945 | — | — | 161 | #470 |
| 1944 | — | — | 150 | #496 |
| 1943 | — | — | 163 | #484 |
| 1942 | — | — | 168 | #474 |
| 1941 | — | — | 148 | #481 |
| 1940 | — | — | 152 | #468 |
| 1939 | — | — | 170 | #435 |
| 1938 | — | — | 168 | #445 |
| 1937 | — | — | 144 | #471 |
| 1936 | — | — | 180 | #409 |
| 1935 | — | — | 197 | #388 |
| 1934 | — | — | 199 | #390 |
| 1933 | — | — | 206 | #379 |
| 1932 | — | — | 224 | #373 |
| 1931 | — | — | 239 | #362 |
| 1930 | — | — | 263 | #348 |
| 1929 | — | — | 257 | #351 |
| 1928 | — | — | 262 | #355 |
| 1927 | — | — | 285 | #341 |
| 1926 | — | — | 294 | #338 |
| 1925 | — | — | 324 | #317 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,401 | 298 | #337 |
| 1923 | — | — | 277 | #356 |
| 1922 | — | — | 303 | #337 |
| 1921 | — | — | 327 | #324 |
| 1920 | — | — | 312 | #329 |
| 1919 | — | — | 323 | #306 |
| 1918 | — | — | 309 | #323 |
| 1917 | — | — | 291 | #314 |
| 1916 | — | — | 288 | #307 |
| 1915 | — | — | 287 | #299 |
| 1914 | — | — | 223 | #303 |
| 1913 | — | — | 198 | #276 |
| 1912 | — | — | 163 | #281 |
| 1911 | — | — | 100 | #258 |
| 1910 | — | — | 106 | #227 |
| 1909 | — | — | 104 | #205 |
| 1908 | — | — | 80 | #233 |
| 1907 | — | — | 96 | #201 |
| 1906 | — | — | 85 | #209 |
| 1905 | — | — | 76 | #220 |
| 1904 | — | — | 75 | #214 |
| 1903 | — | — | 71 | #210 |
| 1902 | — | — | 85 | #195 |
| 1901 | — | — | 70 | #203 |
| 1900 | — | — | 120 | #174 |
| 1899 | — | — | 71 | #192 |
| 1898 | — | — | 78 | #194 |
| 1897 | — | — | 89 | #174 |
| 1896 | — | — | 95 | #170 |
| 1895 | — | — | 72 | #199 |
| 1894 | — | — | 76 | #195 |
| 1893 | — | — | 93 | #158 |
| 1892 | — | — | 117 | #138 |
| 1891 | — | — | 85 | #158 |
| 1890 | — | — | 109 | #132 |
| 1889 | — | — | 114 | #125 |
| 1888 | — | — | 133 | #121 |
| 1887 | — | — | 82 | #154 |
| 1886 | — | — | 102 | #135 |
| 1885 | — | — | 87 | #155 |
| 1884 | — | — | 117 | #123 |
| 1883 | — | — | 81 | #158 |
| 1882 | — | — | 120 | #121 |
| 1881 | — | — | 94 | #128 |
| 1880 | — | — | 99 | #137 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).