Gust
Last seen for boys in 1984 at #5,561
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,871since 1880
Gust over time
Rank among boys' names. Gust has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
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| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,102 | 38 |
| 1930 | #1,007 | 46 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #992 | 48 |
| 1927 | #990 | 50 |
| 1926 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1925 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,117 | 41 |
| 1923 | #882 | 59 |
| 1922 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1921 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1919 | #890 | 56 |
| 1918 | #1,124 | 37 |
| 1917 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #892 | 25 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | #556 | 15 |
| 1901 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | #481 | 16 |
| 1898 | #523 | 16 |
| 1897 | #473 | 17 |
| 1896 | #424 | 21 |
| 1895 | #437 | 20 |
| 1894 | #419 | 20 |
| 1893 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #335 | 31 |
| 1891 | #441 | 16 |
| 1890 | #415 | 19 |
| 1889 | #338 | 27 |
| 1888 | #369 | 25 |
| 1887 | #330 | 25 |
| 1886 | #348 | 24 |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #399 | 20 |
| 1883 | #527 | 12 |
| 1882 | #355 | 25 |
| 1881 | #348 | 22 |
| 1880 | #356 | 23 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gust was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gust
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
- Biggest jump: 339 spots in 1906 (#1,091 → #752)
- Biggest drop: 509 spots in 1904 (#696 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #330 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1903
- Highest: 1 in 3,937 boys born in 1892 were named Gust (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 300,808 boys born in 1984 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #330 in 1887, was only 1 in 4,056 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all boys named Gust (446) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 218 | #330 (1887) | #385 |
| 1890s | 188 | #335 (1892) | #452 |
| 1900s | 108 | #506 (1901) | #822 |
| 1910s | 292 | #822 (1910) | #1,057 |
| 1920s | 446 | #882 (1923) | #1,054 |
| 1930s | 242 | #1,007 (1930) | #1,506 |
| 1940s | 101 | #1,754 (1949) | #2,526 |
| 1950s | 124 | #1,886 (1956) | #2,355 |
| 1960s | 104 | #2,148 (1961) | #2,746 |
| 1970s | 42 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,395 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,561 (1984) | #5,561 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gust in 1901
Top boys' names in 1901
More about 1901
boys
106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 7,098 of them was named Gust, which outranked 58.2% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).