Gussie

Girl · recorded 1880–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1900best year

Most popular in 1900.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five girls 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 1880

039478718801908193619631991

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 103 recorded years as a table
Gussie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880593
1881544
1882649
1883605
1884481
1885654
1886616
1887562
1888661
1889746
1890657
1891739
1892711
1893648
1894740
1895642
1896702
1897709
1898699
1899588
1900787
1901698
1902701
1903649
1904628
1905703
1906637
1907609
1908637
1909608
1910605
1911586
1912464
1913439
1914441
1915350
1916372
1917337
1918338
1919331
1920274
1921250
1922260
1923220
1924210
1925235
1926205
1927184
1928155
1929137
1930148
1931142
1932144
1933152
1934113
1935113
1936127
1937132
1938111
1939105
1940113
194187
194267
194357
194481
194553
194643
194746
194839
194936
195046
195143
195231
195320
195427
195525
195624
195720
195819
195918
196015
196114
196215
19639
196412
196510
196615
19677
19688
19695
19706
19717
19725
19735
19745
19764
19794
19803
19815
19823
19883
19893
19914

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 1991
8
Rank in 1991
#9,336
How rare
1 in 234,375 girls
Since 1880
13,084

Gussie was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1900, at 787 per million girls 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.