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How popular is “Gus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gus” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gus” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gus” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gus” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gus” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gus” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 99 0.000491354 99 -100%
1881 94 0.000487835 94 -100%
1882 120 0.00054168 120 -100%
1883 81 0.000373365 81 -100%
1884 117 0.00048057 117 -100%
1885 87 0.000361215 87 -100%
1886 102 0.000399505 102 -100%
1887 82 0.000331458 82 -100%
1888 133 0.000444112 133 -100%
1889 114 0.000394537 114 -100%
1890 109 0.000361644 109 -100%
1891 85 0.000296505 85 -100%
1892 117 0.000349908 117 -100%
1893 93 0.000285958 93 -100%
1894 76 0.000224394 76 -100%
1895 72 0.000205117 72 -100%
1896 95 0.000265746 95 -100%
1897 89 0.000256516 89 -100%
1898 78 0.00020448 78 -100%
1899 71 0.000209295 71 -100%
1900 120 0.000266514 120 -100%
1901 70 0.000202422 70 -100%
1902 85 0.00021979 85 -100%
1903 71 0.000186254 71 -100%
1904 75 0.000185881 75 -100%
1905 76 0.000179278 76 -100%
1906 85 0.000198389 85 -100%
1907 96 0.000206279 96 -100%
1908 80 0.000163717 80 -100%
1909 104 0.000203433 104 -100%
1910 106 0.000179445 106 -100%
1911 100 0.000155213 100 -100%
1912 163 0.000164969 163 -100%
1913 198 0.000174126 198 -100%
1914 223 0.000157448 223 -100%
1915 287 0.000156623 287 -100%
1916 288 0.000148882 288 -100%
1917 291 0.000145011 291 -100%
1918 309 0.000142323 309 -100%
1919 323 0.000153063 323 -100%
1920 312 0.000137892 312 -100%
1921 327 0.000140073 327 -100%
1922 303 0.000132363 303 -100%
1923 277 0.000120305 277 -100%
1924 303 0.000127225 5 298 -97%
1925 324 0.000138859 324 -100%
1926 294 0.000128054 294 -100%
1927 285 0.000122879 285 -100%
1928 262 0.000115881 262 -100%
1929 257 0.000117236 257 -100%
1930 263 0.000118293 263 -100%
1931 239 0.000113572 239 -100%
1932 224 0.000106096 224 -100%
1933 206 0.000103028 206 -100%
1934 199 0.00009582 199 -100%
1935 197 0.000094263 197 -100%
1936 180 0.000086639 180 -100%
1937 144 0.000067584 144 -100%
1938 168 0.00007593 168 -100%
1939 170 0.000077152 170 -100%
1940 152 0.00006601 152 -100%
1941 148 0.000060745 148 -100%
1942 168 0.000061498 168 -100%
1943 163 0.000057749 163 -100%
1944 150 0.00005576 150 -100%
1945 161 0.000060688 161 -100%
1946 161 0.000050386 161 -100%
1947 195 0.000054132 195 -100%
1948 180 0.000052136 180 -100%
1949 145 0.00004161 145 -100%
1950 164 0.000046812 164 -100%
1951 150 0.000040719 150 -100%
1952 175 0.000046077 175 -100%
1953 176 0.000045671 176 -100%
1954 197 0.000049489 197 -100%
1955 168 0.000041842 168 -100%
1956 166 0.000040262 166 -100%
1957 178 0.000042359 178 -100%
1958 199 0.000048139 199 -100%
1959 175 0.000042088 175 -100%
1960 196 0.000047186 196 -100%
1961 183 0.000044178 183 -100%
1962 173 0.000042871 173 -100%
1963 151 0.000038149 151 -100%
1964 141 0.000036269 141 -100%
1965 144 0.000039719 144 -100%
1966 134 0.000038554 134 -100%
1967 117 0.000034463 117 -100%
1968 93 0.000027528 93 -100%
1969 90 0.000025897 90 -100%
1970 86 0.000023846 86 -100%
1971 126 0.000036709 126 -100%
1972 96 0.000030544 96 -100%
1973 97 0.000032152 97 -100%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 -100%
1975 98 0.000032457 98 -100%
1976 83 0.000027354 83 -100%
1977 69 0.000021722 69 -100%
1978 76 0.000023946 76 -100%
1979 57 0.000017133 57 -100%
1980 65 0.000018871 65 -100%
1981 60 0.000017344 60 -100%
1982 52 0.000014823 52 -100%
1983 51 0.000014726 51 -100%
1984 45 0.000012899 45 -100%
1985 46 0.000012888 46 -100%
1986 57 0.000016024 57 -100%
1987 42 0.000011649 42 -100%
1988 44 0.000011908 44 -100%
1989 38 0.000009884 38 -100%
1990 44 0.000011132 44 -100%
1991 50 0.000012836 50 -100%
1992 50 0.000013017 50 -100%
1993 45 0.000011935 45 -100%
1994 41 0.000011028 41 -100%
1995 42 0.000011469 42 -100%
1996 29 0.000007951 29 -100%
1997 45 0.000012411 45 -100%
1998 47 0.000012778 47 -100%
1999 49 0.000013265 49 -100%
2000 42 0.000011111 42 -100%
2001 66 0.000017631 66 -100%
2002 62 0.000016585 62 -100%
2003 60 0.00001578 60 -100%
2004 84 0.000021984 84 -100%
2005 96 0.000024968 96 -100%
2006 108 0.000027299 108 -100%
2007 115 0.000028767 115 -100%
2008 124 0.000031547 124 -100%
2009 126 0.000032983 126 -100%
2010 133 0.000035987 133 -100%
2011 117 0.000031987 117 -100%
2012 122 0.000033357 122 -100%
2013 143 0.000039225 143 -100%
2014 155 0.00004182 155 -100%
2015 163 0.000044043 163 -100%
2016 204 0.000055606 204 -100%
2017 181 0.000050612 181 -100%
2018 207 0.000058875 207 -100%
2019 195 0.000056181 195 -100%
2020 164 0.000049093 164 -100%
2021 167 0.000049292 167 -100%
2022 195 0.000057639 195 -100%
2023 176 0.000053153 176 -100%
2024 166 0.000049872 166 -100%

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