How rare is the name Gus?

10,519 people in the United States have the first name Gus, about 1 in 28,713. It ranks #2,379 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GUS

#2,379

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,519
About
1 in 28,713
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,519 people named Gus, 69.7% reported their origin as White, 17% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gus peaked in 1921, when 327 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
327
In 2025*
145 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 20,124 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #312. The largest share of babies named Gus, 27.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#3121,029
1890s#468885
1900s#563862
1910s#6602,288
1920s#7252,944
1930s#8401,990
1940s#1,0751,623
1950s#1,2631,748
1960s#1,4831,422
1970s#2,113873
1980s#3,430500
1990s#4,640442
2000s#3,632883
2010s#2,5331,620
2020s#2,4941,015
Before 190110.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.1%
Baby boom 1946–6416.3%
Generation X 1965–807.5%
Millennials 1981–963.7%
Generation Z 1997–126.9%
2013 and later11.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gus is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gus has been most common in Louisiana (2.7×), Mississippi (2.2×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in Maryland (0.22×).

12,141 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Gus

#2,377 Amiyah · 10,530#2,378 Suzan · 10,523#2,380 Kaylyn · 10,517#2,381 Farah · 10,501

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gus, most common first.

#37,614 Guss · 207

Also a last name

As a last name, Gus ranks #85,336 of 156,621, with 236 people. See Gus as a last name

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