Meaning not yet researched.
Gussie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #198 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #198 in 1882. No US babies were recorded with the name Gussie in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #198 in 1882.
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Gussie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #198 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 391 (1918).
Fewer than five US girls were named Gussie in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #198, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 391, in 1918. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,028 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gussie in 103 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 54 babies. In all, 14,182 US babies have been given the name, 92% of them girls and 7.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 3,445 babies named Gussie.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Gussie.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Gus (20,124 babies since 1880).
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Serbian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Gussie in the open dataset we use.
Gussie is listed as a nickname for Augusta, Augustina, Gus, Gustavus.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8 | #9,639 | — | — |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,078 | — | — |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,461 | — | — |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,065 | — | — |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,987 | — | — |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,922 | — | — |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,373 | 5 | #6,414 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,497 | — | — |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,442 | — | — |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,903 | — | — |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,153 | — | — |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,912 | — | — |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,177 | 5 | #5,002 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,621 | — | — |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,862 | — | — |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,918 | — | — |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,424 | — | — |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,970 | — | — |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,702 | — | — |
| 1963 | 18 | #3,001 | — | — |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,180 | 7 | #3,435 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,266 | 11 | #2,609 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,118 | — | — |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,832 | 14 | #2,238 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,772 | 6 | #3,690 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,691 | 5 | #4,215 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,538 | 10 | #2,694 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,472 | 8 | #3,061 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,398 | 10 | #2,650 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,593 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,262 | 12 | #2,299 |
| 1951 | 77 | #1,059 | 12 | #2,294 |
| 1950 | 79 | #1,028 | 10 | #2,494 |
| 1949 | 61 | #1,167 | 10 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 67 | #1,087 | 13 | #2,158 |
| 1947 | 82 | #976 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1946 | 68 | #1,027 | 9 | #2,603 |
| 1945 | 69 | #907 | 19 | #1,553 |
| 1944 | 108 | #728 | 20 | #1,550 |
| 1943 | 80 | #873 | 14 | #2,022 |
| 1942 | 90 | #807 | 13 | #2,083 |
| 1941 | 105 | #687 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1940 | 129 | #615 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1939 | 115 | #637 | 16 | #1,750 |
| 1938 | 122 | #616 | 16 | #1,774 |
| 1937 | 140 | #573 | 19 | #1,598 |
| 1936 | 132 | #571 | 17 | #1,675 |
| 1935 | 119 | #598 | 13 | #2,074 |
| 1934 | 118 | #607 | 15 | #1,884 |
| 1933 | 153 | #513 | 18 | #1,672 |
| 1932 | 154 | #529 | 23 | #1,484 |
| 1931 | 151 | #539 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 1930 | 167 | #524 | 23 | #1,548 |
| 1929 | 153 | #554 | 23 | #1,542 |
| 1928 | 179 | #517 | 24 | #1,538 |
| 1927 | 219 | #473 | 27 | #1,447 |
| 1926 | 243 | #439 | 35 | #1,230 |
| 1925 | 286 | #406 | 33 | #1,265 |
| 1924 | 262 | #432 | 33 | #1,275 |
| 1923 | 265 | #411 | 25 | #1,522 |
| 1922 | 312 | #370 | 35 | #1,233 |
| 1921 | 308 | #381 | 26 | #1,490 |
| 1920 | 328 | #362 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1919 | 374 | #328 | 33 | #1,237 |
| 1918 | 391 | #324 | 26 | #1,423 |
| 1917 | 364 | #323 | 32 | #1,205 |
| 1916 | 388 | #306 | 26 | #1,354 |
| 1915 | 344 | #318 | 22 | #1,479 |
| 1914 | 336 | #287 | 19 | #1,413 |
| 1913 | 274 | #285 | 23 | #1,059 |
| 1912 | 259 | #282 | 21 | #1,009 |
| 1911 | 245 | #249 | 13 | #949 |
| 1910 | 240 | #249 | 15 | #799 |
| 1909 | 211 | #244 | 7 | #1,204 |
| 1908 | 213 | #232 | 7 | #1,150 |
| 1907 | 194 | #242 | 6 | #1,258 |
| 1906 | 188 | #231 | 9 | #880 |
| 1905 | 205 | #217 | 8 | #957 |
| 1904 | 173 | #235 | 5 | #1,282 |
| 1903 | 170 | #230 | 6 | #1,069 |
| 1902 | 185 | #218 | 9 | #820 |
| 1901 | 167 | #220 | 6 | #991 |
| 1900 | 236 | #203 | 7 | #1,094 |
| 1899 | 137 | #237 | 8 | #814 |
| 1898 | 181 | #214 | 7 | #925 |
| 1897 | 166 | #213 | 11 | #662 |
| 1896 | 167 | #215 | — | — |
| 1895 | 150 | #225 | 5 | #1,154 |
| 1894 | 165 | #208 | 5 | #1,151 |
| 1893 | 138 | #221 | — | — |
| 1892 | 151 | #206 | — | — |
| 1891 | 137 | #200 | — | — |
| 1890 | 125 | #216 | 5 | #1,064 |
| 1889 | 133 | #200 | — | — |
| 1888 | 118 | #207 | 6 | #967 |
| 1887 | 82 | #235 | 5 | #987 |
| 1886 | 89 | #212 | 6 | #894 |
| 1885 | 87 | #206 | — | — |
| 1884 | 62 | #245 | 5 | #1,041 |
| 1883 | 68 | #216 | — | — |
| 1882 | 70 | #198 | — | — |
| 1881 | 50 | #216 | — | — |
| 1880 | 54 | #209 | — | — |
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).