Gustave

#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births

Peak · boys
#217
1884 · 58 births
Debut · boys
1880
49 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,430
since 1880

Gustave over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #217, 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#7,67910
2024#6,19914
2023—
2022#6,47913
2021#10,7996
2020#6,29613
2019#7,64310
2018#6,34513
2017#5,11118
2016#9,6647
2015#7,49110
2014#6,30713
2013#8,7898
2012#8,8648
2011#10,8086
2010#5,25117
2009#6,09514
2008#6,76312
2007#8,1739
2006#7,9989
2005#8,2998
2004#5,24615
2003#5,55813
2002#4,32218
2001#7,5368
2000#4,78515
1999#7,1398
1998#5,46611
1997#3,87717
1996#5,53510
1995#7,7926
1994#4,29014
1993#3,81916
1992#4,87211
1991#3,32518
1990#5,3829
1989#4,01713
1988#4,45010
1987#3,73112
1986#4,13010
1985#2,42721
1984#4,2159
1983#3,63011
1982#2,34121
1981#3,85810
1980#2,21323
1979#2,89715
1978#3,40011
1977#2,06323
1976#2,60116
1975#2,20520
1974#2,67414
1973#2,71613
1972#3,6228
1971#2,27917
1970#2,39915
1969#2,86110
1968#2,20014
1967#1,85318
1966#1,45028
1965#1,77420
1964#1,97517
1963#1,74421
1962#1,62524
1961#1,77821
1960#1,55227
1959#1,46729
1958#1,37032
1957#1,63424
1956#1,48028
1955#1,31333
1954#1,40829
1953#1,28034
1952#1,37830
1951#1,26134
1950#1,18137
1949#1,25233
1948#1,16038
1947#1,17638
1946#1,07641
1945#1,32725
1944#1,40023
1943#1,14036
1942#1,16735
1941#1,23029
1940#93946
1939#95443
1938#1,00940
1937#88049
1936#90646
1935#90349
1934#90948
1933#99541
1932#81661
1931#68876
1930#75571
1929#65788
1928#64294
1927#66292
1926#64895
1925#64597
1924#66495
1923#589114
1922#602115
1921#568124
1920#502144
1919#518131
1918#492147
1917#460152
1916#497132
1915#441152
1914#438121
1913#43695
1912#42186
1911#45242
1910#48033
1909#46230
1908#45229
1907#44827
1906#56817
1905#45224
1904#30042
1903#30338
1902#33733
1901#27738
1900#41330
1899#32230
1898#28541
1897#31135
1896#29639
1895#25749
1894#26144
1893#26245
1892#23557
1891#23547
1890#28237
1889#33228
1888#24152
1887#23047
1886#27538
1885#21755
1884#21758
1883#22149
1882#21757
1881#25239
1880#23649
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gustave was already there! It came in at #236, and was given to 49 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Gustave
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,480 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,679)
  • 1,383 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #7,679)
  • 188 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 136 spots in 1901 (#413 → #277)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1941 (#939 → #1,230)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #217 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1937
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,960
  • Highest: 1 in 1,960 boys born in 1885 were named Gustave (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #217 in 1884, was only 1 in 1,973 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Gustave (1,091) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s472#217 (1884)#244
1890s424#235 (1892)#275
1900s308#277 (1901)#401
1910s1,091#421 (1912)#464
1920s1,058#502 (1920)#618
1930s524#688 (1931)#882
1940s344#939 (1940)#1,187
1950s310#1,181 (1950)#1,377
1960s200#1,450 (1966)#1,881
1970s152#2,063 (1977)#2,686
1980s140#2,213 (1980)#3,501
1990s120#3,325 (1991)#5,150
2000s121#4,322 (2002)#6,478
2010s110#5,111 (2017)#7,627
2020s56#6,199 (2024)#7,490

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.

Gustave in 1920

boys
#502
144 births · 1 in 7,391 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #502Gustave144
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 7,391 of them was named Gustave, which outranked 89.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gustave
  1. #499Lemuel146
  2. #499Shelby146
  3. #499Theron146
  4. #502Gustave144
  5. #502Augustine144
  6. #502Columbus144
  7. #502Oren144
  8. #507Carlo143
  9. #507Christian143
  10. #507Dalton143

Tied with 4 names at #502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →