# Gussie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gussie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,182 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,098 / 13,084 (92% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 13 | 3,862 |
| 1969 | 8 | 5,621 |
| 1970 | 10 | 5,177 |
| 1971 | 11 | 4,912 |
| 1972 | 8 | 6,153 |
| 1973 | 7 | 6,903 |
| 1974 | 8 | 6,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,497 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,373 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,922 |
| 1981 | 9 | 6,987 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,065 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,461 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,078 |
| 1991 | 8 | 9,639 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 10 | 2,513 |
| 1950 | 10 | 2,494 |
| 1951 | 12 | 2,294 |
| 1952 | 12 | 2,299 |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,242 |
| 1954 | 10 | 2,650 |
| 1955 | 8 | 3,061 |
| 1956 | 10 | 2,694 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,215 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,690 |
| 1959 | 14 | 2,238 |
| 1961 | 11 | 2,609 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,435 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,002 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,414 |

## People named Gussie

- Gussie Moran, American tennis player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.