Gustav

#3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births

Peak · boys
#240
1883 · 44 births
Debut · boys
1880
33 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,267
since 1880

Gustav over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gustav has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #240, 1883boys
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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#3,65830
2024#3,33535
2023#3,47433
2022#3,69130
2021#3,36234
2020#3,07437
2019#2,76645
2018#3,37333
2017#3,37833
2016#3,77628
2015#4,29523
2014#4,86619
2013#4,46321
2012#3,80727
2011#3,60529
2010#3,81227
2009#2,80043
2008#3,05738
2007#4,12724
2006#3,22733
2005#3,61526
2004#3,53426
2003#3,62624
2002#3,09529
2001#2,68135
2000#4,20418
1999#3,83419
1998#3,39022
1997#3,60119
1996#2,67928
1995#3,19121
1994#3,10922
1993#4,22714
1992#2,99922
1991#2,82823
1990#3,46717
1989#4,01713
1988#3,20316
1987#3,20115
1986#3,65312
1985#2,82817
1984#3,70111
1983#3,41112
1982#4,5938
1981#2,49619
1980#2,44420
1979#3,35712
1978#2,27920
1977#2,66516
1976#2,50817
1975#2,54016
1974#2,54915
1973#3,01311
1972#2,41815
1971#3,14610
1970#2,21317
1969#2,41513
1968#1,57425
1967#2,13914
1966#1,75719
1965#1,85618
1964#2,40912
1963#1,83919
1962#2,50411
1961#1,73122
1960#1,91018
1959#1,86519
1958#1,95317
1957#2,09315
1956#1,56825
1955#2,9648
1954#1,49626
1953#1,90017
1952#1,54724
1951#1,68320
1950#1,49924
1949#1,43426
1948#1,81717
1947#1,31631
1946#1,25731
1945#1,92613
1944#1,73816
1943#1,48622
1942#1,42124
1941#1,23029
1940#1,22730
1939#1,42522
1938#1,33725
1937#1,26528
1936#1,29626
1935#1,39024
1934#89749
1933#98042
1932#1,23630
1931#1,03142
1930#94451
1929#90055
1928#88357
1927#95153
1926#72677
1925#95650
1924#87262
1923#87361
1922#85564
1921#79073
1920#88760
1919#68283
1918#64790
1917#59799
1916#59197
1915#59592
1914#58374
1913#51370
1912#47468
1911#57728
1910#62122
1909#65317
1908#54122
1907#73513
1906#64014
1905#47722
1904#56616
1903#57615
1902#61513
1901#50615
1900#55519
1899#43818
1898#40923
1897#49516
1896#32933
1895#45619
1894#43919
1893#39121
1892#38025
1891#35923
1890#38921
1889#33827
1888#33030
1887#27634
1886#30132
1885#31828
1884#28836
1883#24044
1882#26243
1881#39518
1880#28633
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gustav was already there! It came in at #286, and was given to 33 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1955, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

See more about Gustav
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 323 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,658)
  • 584 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,658)
  • 637 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #3,658)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1933 (#1,236 → #980)
  • Biggest drop: 493 spots in 1935 (#897 → #1,390)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #240 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,378
  • Highest: 1 in 2,378 boys born in 1883 were named Gustav (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 16.9% of all boys named Gustav (723) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s325#240 (1883)#303
1890s218#329 (1896)#409
1900s166#477 (1905)#586
1910s723#474 (1912)#588
1920s612#726 (1926)#869
1930s339#897 (1934)#1,180
1940s239#1,227 (1940)#1,485
1950s195#1,496 (1954)#1,857
1960s171#1,574 (1968)#2,013
1970s149#2,213 (1970)#2,669
1980s143#2,444 (1980)#3,355
1990s207#2,679 (1996)#3,333
2000s296#2,681 (2001)#3,397
2010s285#2,766 (2019)#3,814
2020s199#3,074 (2020)#3,432

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.

Gustav in 1925

boys
#956
50 births · 1 in 22,318 boys

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #956Gustav50
More about 1925

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 22,318 of them was named Gustav, which outranked 80.4% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gustav
  1. #945Rollie51
  2. #945Smith51
  3. #945Virginia51
  4. #956Gustav50
  5. #956Abram50
  6. #956Arley50
  7. #956Cleve50
  8. #973Adolphus49
  9. #973Farrell49
  10. #973Florentino49

Tied with 16 names at #956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →