Gustavo

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031 · #625 for boys in 2025, 447 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 1,290 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
40,357
since 1911

Gustavo over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #260, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#625447
2024#639439
2023#635434
2022#637435
2021#655417
2020#623432
2019#600457
2018#609443
2017#557487
2016#555517
2015#526545
2014#483586
2013#461609
2012#410707
2011#437624
2010#411684
2009#364838
2008#338973
2007#3001,137
2006#3061,080
2005#2941,114
2004#2901,102
2003#2671,170
2002#2651,177
2001#2721,141
2000#15,0315#2601,290
1999#308935
1998#14,1225#311896
1997#297918
1996#13,5185#295898
1995#13,3865#290911
1994#13,4305#281970
1993#13,4425#2801,010
1992#10,4797#306873
1991#8,5889#302849
1990#12,9585#343722
1989#10,8476#332700
1988#379526
1987#9,8256#328629
1986#403448
1985#8,3187#400452
1984#435371
1983#9,0156#422378
1982#381451
1981#350508
1980#10,3925#417388
1979#440336
1978#9,7505#458304
1977#9,6525#438330
1976#7,2967#434319
1975#7,9846#458307
1974#458307
1973#459289
1972#487262
1971#482279
1970#492271
1969#500240
1968#524210
1967#533194
1966#570178
1965#566182
1964#592178
1963#546212
1962#591175
1961#577188
1960#662140
1959#634149
1958#649140
1957#722107
1956#694113
1955#685115
1954#684111
1953#669113
1952#79478
1951#74986
1950#81470
1949#93555
1948#90258
1947#92357
1946#95249
1945#1,03938
1944#1,05539
1943#1,18733
1942#1,13936
1941#1,01940
1940#1,03139
1939#1,03338
1938#1,19930
1937#1,09435
1936#1,27127
1935#96943
1934#1,03839
1933#1,05138
1932#1,09038
1931#1,11137
1930#1,08041
1929#1,27231
1928#1,09541
1927#1,22735
1926#1,27832
1925#1,30431
1924#1,15239
1923#1,32230
1922#1,54524
1921#1,41228
1920#1,45726
1919#1,44925
1918#1,59622
1917#1,64320
1916#1,84916
1915#1,87815
1914#1,97511
1913#1,58012
1912
1911#1,2908
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Gustavo! It came in at #1,290, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#639#625)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#623#625)
  • 99 spots since 2015 (#526#625)
  • Biggest jump: 125 spots in 1953 (#794#669)
  • Biggest drop: 302 spots in 1936 (#969#1,271)
Rise & fade · boys
89 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 2000 at #260 (1,290 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1946–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,522
  • Highest: 1 in 1,522 boys born in 2000 were named Gustavo (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,821 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 27.3% of all boys named Gustavo (11,022) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s129#1,290 (1911)#1,658
1920s317#1,095 (1928)#1,306
1930s366#969 (1935)#1,094
1940s444#902 (1948)#1,018
1950s1,082#634 (1959)#709
1960s1,897#500 (1969)#566
1970s3,004#434 (1976)#461
1980s4,851#328 (1987)#385
1990s8,982#280 (1993)#301
2000s11,022#260 (2000)#296
2010s5,659#410 (2012)#505
2020s2,604#623 (2020)#636

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.

Gustavo in 1989

girls
#10,847
6 births · 1 in 307,259 girls
boys
#332
700 births · 1 in 2,858 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #10,847Gustavo6

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #332Gustavo700
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 307,259 of them was named Gustavo, which outranked 25.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gustavo
  1. #9,681Zuleima7
  2. #9,681Zuleyma7
  3. #9,681Zury7
  4. #10,847Gustavo6
  5. #10,847Aarion6
  6. #10,847Aarthi6
  7. #10,847Abaigeal6
  8. #12,362Aamira5
  9. #12,362Aasia5
  10. #12,362Abie5

Tied with 1,514 names at #10,847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 2,858 of them was named Gustavo, which outranked 96.4% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gustavo
  1. #329Angelo706
  2. #329Antoine706
  3. #331Quinton702
  4. #332Gustavo700
  5. #332Barry700
  6. #334Zachariah698
  7. #335Josue695
  8. #336Dexter688

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989