Gus — #1212 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gus

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,972 babies named Gus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gus currently holds the #1212 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 327 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,939 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,665 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gus in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 19,972 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.