The available public discussion suggests the name change is widely mocked and disliked, with only a smaller pro-change group defending it. One cited opinion piece says roughly 138,910,232 “MAGA-Americans” might plausibly use “Gulf of America,” while about 8.1 billion other people would still call it the Gulf of Mexico.

What the discussion looks like

  • A Reddit thread asking people who like the name change why they support it shows mostly skeptical and critical replies.
  • Another discussion thread contains comments calling the renaming “stupid,” “petty,” and “childish,” which suggests the backlash is stronger than the support.
  • Media coverage also frames the rename as controversial, not broadly popular.

Practical read

If you mean “how many people actually like it,” there does not appear to be a reliable public poll in the results here, so the safest answer is: a minority, not a majority. The clearest numeric estimate in the sources is the opinion-based figure above, but that is not a scientific survey.

TL;DR: public reaction looks mostly negative, and the pro-name-change group seems much smaller than the group that thinks it is a dumb idea.