How Many People Are Named Gussie?
people named Gussie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 199,991 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,182 babies named Gussie in Social Security records from 1880 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
417 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of AUGUSTA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gussie, 89.8% were girls and 10.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 97.4% of the babies were girls then and 91.9% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gussie alive today is about 76 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gussie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 417 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1991
🏆 Rank History
Gussie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #198, in 1882.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #198 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #301 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gussie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gussie were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 290 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gussie was given 6.8 times as often in Georgia, 5 times in Alabama and 4.9 times in Florida.
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