Gus is an established boys' name that peaked in 1921 and has grown less common since.
Gus is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,331 for boy births in the United States (and #2,764 across all names), given to 145 babies. Gus was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (327 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,331 |
| 2024 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,213 |
| 2023 | 176 | 176 | — | #1,171 |
| 2022 | 196 | 196 | — | #1,098 |
| 2021 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,181 |
| 2020 | 164 | 164 | — | #1,176 |
| 2019 | 195 | 195 | — | #1,052 |
| 2018 | 207 | 207 | — | #999 |
| 2017 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,082 |
| 2016 | 204 | 204 | — | #1,001 |
| 2015 | 163 | 163 | — | #1,153 |
| 2014 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,193 |
| 2013 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,239 |
| 2012 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,379 |
| 2011 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,418 |
| 2010 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,292 |
| 2009 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,376 |
| 2007 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,416 |
| 2006 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,440 |
| 2005 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,498 |
| 2004 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,571 |
| 2003 | 60 | 60 | — | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 62 | 62 | — | #1,835 |
| 2001 | 66 | 66 | — | #1,734 |
| 2000 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,311 |
| 1999 | 49 | 49 | — | #1,973 |
| 1998 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,024 |
| 1997 | 45 | — | — | #2,003 |
| 1996 | 29 | — | — | #2,630 |
| 1995 | 42 | — | — | #1,999 |
| 1994 | 41 | — | — | #2,026 |
| 1993 | 45 | — | — | #1,859 |
| 1992 | 50 | — | — | #1,708 |
| 1991 | 50 | — | — | #1,659 |
| 1990 | 44 | — | — | #1,790 |
| 1989 | 38 | — | — | #1,931 |
| 1988 | 44 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1987 | 42 | — | — | #1,644 |
| 1986 | 57 | — | — | #1,290 |
| 1985 | 46 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1984 | 45 | — | — | #1,430 |
| 1983 | 51 | — | — | #1,298 |
| 1982 | 52 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1981 | 60 | — | — | #1,191 |
| 1980 | 65 | — | — | #1,128 |
| 1979 | 57 | — | — | #1,211 |
| 1978 | 76 | — | — | #993 |
| 1977 | 69 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1976 | 83 | — | — | #916 |
| 1975 | 98 | — | — | #840 |
| 1974 | 85 | — | — | #872 |
| 1973 | 97 | — | — | #801 |
| 1972 | 96 | — | — | #818 |
| 1971 | 126 | — | — | #736 |
| 1970 | 86 | — | — | #871 |
| 1969 | 90 | — | — | #814 |
| 1968 | 93 | — | — | #771 |
| 1967 | 117 | — | — | #688 |
| 1966 | 134 | — | — | #641 |
| 1965 | 144 | — | — | #631 |
| 1964 | 141 | — | — | #653 |
| 1963 | 151 | — | — | #637 |
| 1962 | 173 | — | — | #592 |
| 1961 | 183 | — | — | #585 |
| 1960 | 196 | — | — | #562 |
| 1959 | 175 | — | — | #590 |
| 1958 | 199 | — | — | #546 |
| 1957 | 178 | — | — | #578 |
| 1956 | 166 | — | — | #591 |
| 1955 | 168 | — | — | #572 |
| 1954 | 197 | — | — | #518 |
| 1953 | 176 | — | — | #537 |
| 1952 | 175 | — | — | #530 |
| 1951 | 150 | — | — | #561 |
| 1950 | 164 | — | — | #523 |
| 1949 | 145 | — | — | #562 |
| 1948 | 180 | — | — | #491 |
| 1947 | 195 | — | — | #479 |
| 1946 | 161 | — | — | #507 |
| 1945 | 161 | — | — | #470 |
| 1944 | 150 | — | — | #496 |
| 1943 | 163 | — | — | #484 |
| 1942 | 168 | — | — | #474 |
| 1941 | 148 | — | — | #481 |
| 1940 | 152 | — | — | #468 |
| 1939 | 170 | — | — | #435 |
| 1938 | 168 | — | — | #445 |
| 1937 | 144 | — | — | #471 |
| 1936 | 180 | — | — | #409 |
| 1935 | 197 | — | — | #388 |
| 1934 | 199 | — | — | #390 |
| 1933 | 206 | — | — | #379 |
| 1932 | 224 | — | — | #373 |
| 1931 | 239 | — | — | #362 |
| 1930 | 263 | — | — | #348 |
| 1929 | 257 | — | — | #351 |
| 1928 | 262 | — | — | #355 |
| 1927 | 285 | — | — | #341 |
| 1926 | 294 | — | — | #338 |
| 1925 | 324 | — | — | #317 |
| 1924 | 303 | — | #5,401 | #337 |
| 1923 | 277 | — | — | #356 |
| 1922 | 303 | — | — | #337 |
| 1921 | 327 | — | — | #324 |
| 1920 | 312 | — | — | #329 |
| 1919 | 323 | — | — | #306 |
| 1918 | 309 | — | — | #323 |
| 1917 | 291 | — | — | #314 |
| 1916 | 288 | — | — | #307 |
| 1915 | 287 | — | — | #299 |
| 1914 | 223 | — | — | #303 |
| 1913 | 198 | — | — | #276 |
| 1912 | 163 | — | — | #281 |
| 1911 | 100 | — | — | #258 |
| 1910 | 106 | — | — | #227 |
| 1909 | 104 | — | — | #205 |
| 1908 | 80 | — | — | #233 |
| 1907 | 96 | — | — | #201 |
| 1906 | 85 | — | — | #209 |
| 1905 | 76 | — | — | #220 |
| 1904 | 75 | — | — | #214 |
| 1903 | 71 | — | — | #210 |
| 1902 | 85 | — | — | #195 |
| 1901 | 70 | — | — | #203 |
| 1900 | 120 | — | — | #174 |
| 1899 | 71 | — | — | #192 |
| 1898 | 78 | — | — | #194 |
| 1897 | 89 | — | — | #174 |
| 1896 | 95 | — | — | #170 |
| 1895 | 72 | — | — | #199 |
| 1894 | 76 | — | — | #195 |
| 1893 | 93 | — | — | #158 |
| 1892 | 117 | — | — | #138 |
| 1891 | 85 | — | — | #158 |
| 1890 | 109 | — | — | #132 |
| 1889 | 114 | — | — | #125 |
| 1888 | 133 | — | — | #121 |
| 1887 | 82 | — | — | #154 |
| 1886 | 102 | — | — | #135 |
| 1885 | 87 | — | — | #155 |
| 1884 | 117 | — | — | #123 |
| 1883 | 81 | — | — | #158 |
| 1882 | 120 | — | — | #121 |
| 1881 | 94 | — | — | #128 |
| 1880 | 99 | — | — | #137 |