Guss

GUHS /ˈɡʌs/
boy 1 syllable fading

Guss is a rare variant of Gus that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.

Guss is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1982. Guss was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (39 births).

About the name Guss

PronunciationGUHS /ˈɡʌs/
39peak births 1920
1880first in SSA data

Names similar to Guss

How popular is Guss?

Boys named Guss
1880190019201940196019801982
Boys named Guss per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1880–1982 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1982) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Guss total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
19825—#6,716
19696—#4,123
19675—#4,194
19667—#3,353
19606—#3,811
19596—#3,753
19587—#3,381
19546—#3,594
19538—#3,007
19528—#2,957
19515—#3,916
19508—#2,871
19499—#2,689
194811—#2,377
19477—#3,197
19468—#2,783
19458—#2,648
194411—#2,244
19437—#3,067
19427—#3,052
19418—#2,736
19405—#3,654
19379—#2,571
193612—#2,113
19358—#2,797
193417—#1,748
193315—#1,866
193212—#2,242
193123—#1,471
193014—#2,117
192921—#1,635
192821—#1,667
192721—#1,714
192626—#1,444
192528—#1,404
192427—#1,468
192338—#1,164
192235—#1,232
192119—#1,858
192039—#1,145
191931—#1,280
191825—#1,471
191727—#1,347
191624—#1,435
191537—#1,058
191424—#1,203
191324—#1,036
191225—#901
19115—#1,851
191012—#950
190913—#817
190813—#764
19075—#1,419
19069—#879
190514—#647
190413—#662
190313—#632
190210—#769
190110—#702
190018—#589
189914—#527
18988—#837
18978—#819
189611—#692
189515—#538
189415—#527
189311—#629
189212—#616
189112—#536
18907—#840
188911—#601
188810—#671
18878—#709
18869—#663
188518—#428
188413—#531
188322—#361
188218—#432
188110—#574
18809—#655