Gus dog name
We found 2,327 dogs named Gus in the public pet registers of 25 places. Combining all places, Gus is the #58 dog name. Almost all dogs named Gus are male.
🐱 Gus is also a cat name (#177 for cats, 42 cats).
Gus as a dog name, by place
| Place | Rank | Dogs | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County United States | #66 of 51,228 | 784 | 2003–2026 |
| New York City United States | #100 of 34,500 | 449 | 2014–2025 |
| South Australia Australia | #83 in top 100 | 657 | 2025 |
| Toronto Canada | #95 of 10,500 | 78 | 2019 |
| Seattle United States | #27 of 8,191 | 81 | 2026 |
| Playford Australia | #157 of 4,586 | 17 | 2015 |
| Cambridge United States | #38 of 4,375 | 33 | 2017–2026 |
| Vancouver Canada | #62 of 4,602 | 22 | 1999–2026 |
| Zurich Switzerland | #419 of 5,788 | 3 | 2025 |
| Noosa Australia | #48 of 3,045 | 28 | 2017 |
| Laval Canada | #209 of 2,965 | 7 | 2017–2026 |
| Worcester United States | #34 of 2,906 | 23 | 2026 |
| Maple Ridge Canada | #49 of 2,440 | 19 | 2026 |
| Victoria Canada | #38 of 2,588 | 19 | 2025 |
| Surf Coast Shire Australia | #28 of 1,974 | 22 | 2016 |
| Golden Plains Shire Australia | #50 of 2,062 | 15 | 2016 |
| Burnside Australia | #47 of 1,888 | 16 | 2015 |
| Framingham United States | #82 of 1,965 | 8 | 2020 |
| Richmond United States | #27 of 2,347 | 12 | 2018 |
| Tacoma United States | #46 of 1,917 | 9 | 2021 |
| Corangamite Shire Australia | #33 of 1,161 | 11 | 2023 |
| Port Moody Canada | #88 of 1,280 | 4 | 2019 |
| Adelaide Australia | #31 of 958 | 5 | 2014 |
| Prospect Australia | #54 of 518 | 3 | 2016 |
| Burlington United States | #55 of 641 | 2 | 2022 |
Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Gus. Click a column to sort. See data sources.
Female or male?
16 female and 1,425 male dogs named Gus, in the places that record sex.
Gus over the years
Dogs named Gus per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.
Breeds of dogs named Gus
Compared to all dogs, Gus is especially common among English Bulldogs (3.1×), French Bulldogs (2.7×), Pugs (2.7×), Great Danes (2.6×) and Springer Spaniels (2.4×).
Based on 1,410 dogs named Gus with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.
Gus as a baby name
Gus was the #1328 boys' name in the US in 2025 (145 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #169 for boys in Belgium (Flanders), #211 for boys in New Zealand, #570 for boys in Netherlands and #676 for boys in Ireland. See Gus as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.
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