Gussie peaked in the US in 1900 at #203, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Gussie as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1991
#9,336 (8)
1989
#12,362 (5)
1988
#11,798 (5)
1982
#10,517 (5)
1981
#6,804 (9)
1980
#10,392 (5)
1979
#9,010 (6)
1976
#8,156 (6)
1974
#6,258 (8)
1973
#6,666 (7)
1972
#5,959 (8)
1971
#4,810 (11)
1970
#5,061 (10)
1969
#5,456 (8)
1968
#3,789 (13)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1900 at #203.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
In 1979, 55% of US babies named Gussie were girls.