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    The first name Gussie

    A girl’s name.

    2 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    A diminutive of the male given name Augustus.

    Gussie is a short form of

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    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Gussie at birth, 1880–2025

    In 1991, 8 girls born in the United States were named Gussie, the 9,639th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 391 were.

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    GirlsBoys
    14,182
    babies named Gussie since 1880
    #9,639
    rank in 1991
    1918
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Gussie

    1 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gussie Moran
      American tennis player, 1923–2013

    Questions

    Is Gussie a boy's or a girl's name?
    Both. Of the 14,182 US babies named Gussie since 1880, 92% were girls and 8% boys.
    When was Gussie most popular?
    1918 in the United States, when 391 babies were named Gussie, its highest rank at 324th.