Gus

Meaning: Majestic, venerable
Origin: Latin — Short form of Augustus

Boy's name · #1331 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Gus — on the books since 1880, #1331 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 20,000 boys have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Gus ranks in other countries and regions.

#212 in New Zealand (2025) · #296 in Belgium (2025) · #570 in Netherlands (2025) · #676 in Ireland (2025) · #822 in England & Wales (2025) · #981 in Canada (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #727 in Scotland (2024) · #4,468 in France (2023) · #433 in N. Ireland (2021).

Famous Guses

Gus Van Sant — American filmmaker (born 1952)
Gus Grissom — American astronaut (1926–1967)
Gus Poyet — Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1967)
Gus Kenworthy — British-American freestyle skier (born 1991)
Gus March-Phillipps — British Army officer (1908–1942)

In stories & tradition

Gus Goose — Disney character, cousin of Donald Duck
Gus Fring — Fictional character in the Breaking Bad franchise
Gus — Fictional character in the American television show Psych

What Guses become

Among 440 notable people named Gus:

Sports figures appear 2.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1967).

Similar names: Augustus · Emile · Guy · Ulysses · Jules · Linus

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