Gussie

Boy · recorded 1884–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1897best year

Most popular in 1897.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

0499818841908193219551979

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 74 recorded years as a table
Gussie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188444
188654
188749
188850
189045
189443
189543
189798
189857
189975
190047
190156
190273
190350
190439
190560
190668
190741
190845
190943
191077
191158
191249
191345
191429
191526
191629
191735
191826
191934
192031
192124
192232
192323
192429
192530
192632
192724
192822
192921
193021
193118
193222
193318
193415
193512
193616
193718
193814
193914
194010
194116
19429
194310
194415
194514
19466
19475
19487
19496
19506
19516
19526
19534
19545
19554
19565
19572
19583
19597
19615
19623
19703
19793

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gussie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
5
Rank in 1979
#6,056
How rare
1 in 344,307 boys
Since 1884
1,098

Gussie was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1897, at 98 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gussie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.