Guss — boys' name

What the Data Says About Guss

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,136 babies named Guss between 1880 and 1982, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Guss currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Guss performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Guss shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Guss in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Guss 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 1,136 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.