Gus
Gus was given to 145 boys in 2025, #1,331 among boys’ names; 20,124 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,400 Americans named Gus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 12 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gus is “a diminutive of the male given name Augustus.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Gustav and its variants.”
Clipping of Augustus. From the Latin name Augustus.
/ɡʌs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gus?
#1,331 among boys’ names, 2025
Gus fell from #1,153 in 2015 to #1,331 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 85.0 to 84.9 per million.
327 babies in 1921, the peak
Gus peaked in 1921, when 327 boys were given it, #324 among boys’ names. The 145 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #1,331 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 167 | #1,213 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 176 | #1,171 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 196 | #1,098 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 167 | #1,181 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 164 | #1,176 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 195 | #1,052 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 207 | #999 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 181 | #1,082 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 204 | #1,001 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 163 | #1,153 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 155 | #1,193 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,239 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,379 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,418 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,292 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,360 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,376 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,416 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,440 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 96 | #1,497 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 84 | #1,568 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,942 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,832 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 66 | #1,730 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,307 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,970 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,021 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,000 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,625 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,994 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,021 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,854 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,703 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,785 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,926 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,619 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,642 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,289 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,457 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,429 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,297 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,211 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 76 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 83 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 98 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 85 | #872 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 97 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 96 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 126 | #736 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 86 | #871 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 90 | #814 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 93 | #771 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 117 | #688 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 134 | #641 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 144 | #631 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 141 | #653 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 151 | #637 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 173 | #592 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 183 | #585 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 196 | #562 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 175 | #589 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 199 | #545 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 178 | #577 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 166 | #590 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 168 | #571 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 197 | #517 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 176 | #536 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 175 | #529 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 150 | #560 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 164 | #522 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 145 | #561 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 180 | #491 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 195 | #479 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 161 | #507 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 161 | #470 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 150 | #496 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 163 | #484 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 168 | #474 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 148 | #481 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 152 | #468 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 170 | #435 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 168 | #445 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 144 | #471 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 180 | #409 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 197 | #388 | 0.19 |
| 1934 | 199 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1933 | 206 | #379 | 0.21 |
| 1932 | 224 | #373 | 0.21 |
| 1931 | 239 | #362 | 0.23 |
| 1930 | 263 | #348 | 0.24 |
| 1929 | 257 | #351 | 0.24 |
| 1928 | 262 | #355 | 0.24 |
| 1927 | 285 | #341 | 0.25 |
| 1926 | 294 | #338 | 0.26 |
| 1925 | 324 | #317 | 0.29 |
| 1924 | 298 | #337 | 0.26 |
| 1923 | 277 | #356 | 0.25 |
| 1922 | 303 | #337 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 327 | #324 | 0.30 |
| 1920 | 312 | #329 | 0.29 |
| 1919 | 323 | #306 | 0.33 |
| 1918 | 309 | #323 | 0.30 |
| 1917 | 291 | #314 | 0.31 |
| 1916 | 288 | #307 | 0.32 |
| 1915 | 287 | #299 | 0.34 |
| 1914 | 223 | #303 | 0.34 |
| 1913 | 198 | #276 | 0.39 |
| 1912 | 163 | #281 | 0.38 |
| 1911 | 100 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1910 | 106 | #227 | 0.55 |
| 1909 | 104 | #205 | 0.63 |
| 1908 | 80 | #233 | 0.52 |
| 1907 | 96 | #201 | 0.65 |
| 1906 | 85 | #209 | 0.64 |
| 1905 | 76 | #220 | 0.57 |
| 1904 | 75 | #214 | 0.59 |
| 1903 | 71 | #210 | 0.60 |
| 1902 | 85 | #195 | 0.69 |
| 1901 | 70 | #203 | 0.66 |
| 1900 | 120 | #174 | 0.80 |
| 1899 | 71 | #192 | 0.67 |
| 1898 | 78 | #194 | 0.64 |
| 1897 | 89 | #174 | 0.79 |
| 1896 | 95 | #170 | 0.79 |
| 1895 | 72 | #199 | 0.61 |
| 1894 | 76 | #195 | 0.66 |
| 1893 | 93 | #158 | 0.83 |
| 1892 | 117 | #138 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 85 | #158 | 0.84 |
| 1890 | 109 | #132 | 1.0 |
| 1889 | 114 | #125 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 133 | #121 | 1.1 |
| 1887 | 82 | #154 | 0.81 |
| 1886 | 102 | #135 | 0.92 |
| 1885 | 87 | #155 | 0.81 |
| 1884 | 117 | #123 | 1.0 |
| 1883 | 81 | #158 | 0.77 |
| 1882 | 120 | #121 | 1.1 |
| 1881 | 94 | #128 | 0.93 |
| 1880 | 99 | #137 | 0.90 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gus has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Gus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gus, and how old are they?
8,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 20,124 Americans ever recorded as Gus. The median Gus alive today is 43 years old; half are between 12 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 10,519 people named Gus (37 women and girls, 10,482 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,378 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 583 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,160 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,330 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 698 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,380 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,250 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gus born?
The states with the most babies named Gus are Texas, New York and California, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,670 | #2,707 | 1.4× |
| New York | 1,457 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 1,250 | #1,897 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,076 | #1,184 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 622 | #1,157 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 619 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 602 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Georgia | 584 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 378 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Alabama | 369 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Gus is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gus is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gus with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 21,260 babies since 1880, Gus is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 145 of their 145 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gus
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gus and names like it
- Compare Gus and GussBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sGus peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gus since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Gus.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Gus alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with GMost given first.