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Gus Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Gus?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Gus, ranked the 994th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Gus has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #121 was reached for the first time in 1882 and as recently as 1888.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1921 with 327 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Gus in any given year was 29 in 1996.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Gus occurred roughly during the years 1897-1900, 1904-1907, 1908-1915, 1998-2006, and 2011-2016, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1960-1963, 1965-1968, 1973-1977, and 1993-1996.

For a number of years, the name Gus has been soaring upward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Gus has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gus?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Gus is used by only a select few but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Gus (Girl)Gus (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 207 994
2017 < 5 -- 180 1,083
2016 < 5 -- 203 1,003
2015 < 5 -- 163 1,152
2014 < 5 -- 155 1,190
2013 < 5 -- 143 1,239
2012 < 5 -- 122 1,378
2011 < 5 -- 117 1,413
2010 < 5 -- 133 1,292
2009 < 5 -- 126 1,358
2008 < 5 -- 124 1,376
2007 < 5 -- 115 1,413
2006 < 5 -- 108 1,438
2005 < 5 -- 96 1,498
2004 < 5 -- 84 1,570
2003 < 5 -- 60 1,945
2002 < 5 -- 62 1,834
2001 < 5 -- 66 1,734
2000 < 5 -- 42 2,309
1999 < 5 -- 49 1,973
1998 < 5 -- 47 2,024
1997 < 5 -- 45 2,003
1996 < 5 -- 29 2,629
1995 < 5 -- 42 1,999
1994 < 5 -- 41 2,027
1993 < 5 -- 45 1,860
1992 < 5 -- 50 1,708
1991 < 5 -- 50 1,660
1990 < 5 -- 44 1,788
1989 < 5 -- 38 1,931
1988 < 5 -- 44 1,623
1987 < 5 -- 41 1,670
1986 < 5 -- 57 1,290
1985 < 5 -- 46 1,458
1984 < 5 -- 44 1,450
1983 < 5 -- 51 1,296
1982 < 5 -- 52 1,298
1981 < 5 -- 60 1,190
1980 < 5 -- 65 1,127
1979 < 5 -- 57 1,214
1978 < 5 -- 76 994
1977 < 5 -- 68 1,047
1976 < 5 -- 82 923
1975 < 5 -- 98 840
1974 < 5 -- 86 865
1973 < 5 -- 97 801
1972 < 5 -- 97 815
1971 < 5 -- 124 740
1970 < 5 -- 86 870
1969 < 5 -- 90 814
1968 < 5 -- 93 771
1967 < 5 -- 117 688
1966 < 5 -- 134 641
1965 < 5 -- 143 634
1964 < 5 -- 142 651
1963 < 5 -- 152 636
1962 < 5 -- 173 592
1961 < 5 -- 183 584
1960 < 5 -- 196 561
1959 < 5 -- 175 588
1958 < 5 -- 199 546
1957 < 5 -- 179 577
1956 < 5 -- 165 592
1955 < 5 -- 167 572
1954 < 5 -- 198 517
1953 < 5 -- 176 537
1952 < 5 -- 175 530
1951 < 5 -- 150 561
1950 < 5 -- 164 526
1949 < 5 -- 145 561
1948 < 5 -- 181 491
1947 < 5 -- 194 480
1946 < 5 -- 162 507
1945 < 5 -- 161 470
1944 < 5 -- 150 496
1943 < 5 -- 162 485
1942 < 5 -- 169 473
1941 < 5 -- 148 481
1940 < 5 -- 153 468
1939 < 5 -- 169 439
1938 < 5 -- 168 445
1937 < 5 -- 144 471
1936 < 5 -- 180 409
1935 < 5 -- 197 388
1934 < 5 -- 199 390
1933 < 5 -- 206 380
1932 < 5 -- 224 373
1931 < 5 -- 239 362
1930 < 5 -- 263 348
1929 < 5 -- 256 351
1928 < 5 -- 262 355
1927 < 5 -- 285 341
1926 < 5 -- 294 338
1925 < 5 -- 324 317
1924 5 5,400 298 337
1923 < 5 -- 277 356
1922 < 5 -- 303 337
1921 < 5 -- 327 324
1920 < 5 -- 312 329
1919 < 5 -- 323 306
1918 < 5 -- 309 323
1917 < 5 -- 291 314
1916 < 5 -- 288 307
1915 < 5 -- 287 299
1914 < 5 -- 223 303
1913 < 5 -- 198 276
1912 < 5 -- 163 281
1911 < 5 -- 100 258
1910 < 5 -- 106 227
1909 < 5 -- 104 205
1908 < 5 -- 80 233
1907 < 5 -- 96 201
1906 < 5 -- 85 209
1905 < 5 -- 76 220
1904 < 5 -- 75 214
1903 < 5 -- 71 210
1902 < 5 -- 85 195
1901 < 5 -- 70 203
1900 < 5 -- 120 174
1899 < 5 -- 71 192
1898 < 5 -- 78 194
1897 < 5 -- 89 174
1896 < 5 -- 95 170
1895 < 5 -- 72 199
1894 < 5 -- 76 195
1893 < 5 -- 93 158
1892 < 5 -- 117 138
1891 < 5 -- 85 158
1890 < 5 -- 109 132
1889 < 5 -- 114 125
1888 < 5 -- 133 121
1887 < 5 -- 82 154
1886 < 5 -- 102 135
1885 < 5 -- 87 155
1884 < 5 -- 117 123
1883 < 5 -- 81 158
1882 < 5 -- 120 121
1881 < 5 -- 94 128
1880 < 5 -- 99 137

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.