Gustaf

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
1884 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
747
since 1880

Gustaf over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gustaf has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #570, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022
2021
2020#8,7398
2019
2018#10,7606
2017#7,54610
2016
2015#10,6446
2014#8,7818
2013
2012#10,7706
2011#9,6007
2010#9,6937
2009#10,9946
2008#7,69810
2007#7,09411
2006
2005#10,1516
2004#9,9486
2003#10,8945
2002#8,4567
2001#10,5565
2000#10,3495
1999
1998#7,5607
1997#6,1009
1996#9,0155
1995#6,4078
1994
1993#6,8167
1992#6,6707
1991
1990
1989#5,6158
1988
1987
1986#4,4579
1985#6,5235
1984#6,3155
1983
1982
1981
1980#6,2505
1979
1978
1977
1976#4,9356
1975
1974
1973#4,5056
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962#4,0335
1961#4,0655
1960
1959#3,9885
1958#3,9445
1957
1956#3,2167
1955
1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
1952
1951#3,7145
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941#3,1336
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934#3,6795
1933#3,2686
1932#3,7765
1931#3,7635
1930#2,07914
1929#2,45211
1928#2,27013
1927#4,2105
1926#1,91117
1925#2,75510
1924#3,5057
1923#2,61411
1922#2,24014
1921#2,15215
1920#2,33613
1919#1,62421
1918#2,26013
1917#1,39625
1916#1,69818
1915#1,37224
1914#1,54516
1913#1,36515
1912#1,52711
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,0838
1908#1,0218
1907#1,0947
1906#1,1116
1905#8369
1904#1,2055
1903
1902#9337
1901#1,0585
1900
1899#9286
1898#8857
1897#7259
1896#8268
1895#9786
1894#9546
1893#8367
1892
1891#7008
1890#6679
1889#62810
1888#1,0315
1887#6319
1886
1885#9365
1884#57011
1883#6778
1882#7547
1881#8665
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gustaf was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Gustaf
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 403 spots in 1889 (#1,031#628)
  • Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1888 (#631#1,031)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #570 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1893–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,404
  • Highest: 1 in 10,404 boys born in 1884 were named Gustaf (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Gustaf (149) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s66#570 (1884)#767
1890s66#667 (1890)#833
1900s55#836 (1905)#1,043
1910s149#1,365 (1913)#1,592
1920s116#1,911 (1926)#2,645
1930s35#2,079 (1930)#3,313
1940s6#3,133 (1941)#3,133
1950s33#3,216 (1956)#3,686
1960s10#4,033 (1962)#4,049
1970s12#4,505 (1973)#4,720
1980s32#4,457 (1986)#5,832
1990s43#6,100 (1997)#7,095
2000s61#7,094 (2007)#9,571
2010s50#7,546 (2017)#9,685
2020s13#8,739 (2020)#10,489

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.

Gustaf in 1885

boys
#936
5 births · 1 in 21,560 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #936Gustaf5
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 21,560 of them was named Gustaf, which outranked 14.7% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gustaf
  1. #836Wheeler6
  2. #836Zenas6
  3. #836Zollie6
  4. #936Gustaf5
  5. #936Ada5
  6. #936Albion5
  7. #936Alcide5

Tied with 161 names at #936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885