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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Guss

Guss was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 361st; the most babies were born in 1920 (39). More babies were named Guss in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192039 babies
Total since 1880
1,136babies recorded

Guss popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#3,8116
1950#2,8718
1940#3,6545
1930#2,11714
1920#1,14539
1910#95012
1900#58918
1890#8407
1880#6559

How popular is Guss, counting every spelling?

Guss has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Guss?

About 100 people born in the US named Guss are alive today, with a median age of 76; half are between 67 and 81. That makes Guss a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Guss by state

How common Guss was among boys born in each state in 1918–1922, around its peak. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAR0.06Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesSC0.05District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAL0.11Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Guss, boys, 1918–1922. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Guss: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Guss, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Guss

How popular is the name Guss?

Guss was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 361st; the most babies were born in 1920 (39). More babies were named Guss in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Guss a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 1,136 boys.

Where was Guss most popular?

In 1918–1922, Guss was most common in Alabama (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arkansas and South Carolina.