Gustaf
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 747since 1880
Gustaf over time
Rank among boys' names. Gustaf has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
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.
Where Gustaf is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Gustaf
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #570 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1893–1899
- 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%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Gustaf (149) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | #570 (1884) | #767 |
| 1890s | 66 | #667 (1890) | #833 |
| 1900s | 55 | #836 (1905) | #1,043 |
| 1910s | 149 | #1,365 (1913) | #1,592 |
| 1920s | 116 | #1,911 (1926) | #2,645 |
| 1930s | 35 | #2,079 (1930) | #3,313 |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,133 (1941) | #3,133 |
| 1950s | 33 | #3,216 (1956) | #3,686 |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,033 (1962) | #4,049 |
| 1970s | 12 | #4,505 (1973) | #4,720 |
| 1980s | 32 | #4,457 (1986) | #5,832 |
| 1990s | 43 | #6,100 (1997) | #7,095 |
| 2000s | 61 | #7,094 (2007) | #9,571 |
| 2010s | 50 | #7,546 (2017) | #9,685 |
| 2020s | 13 | #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 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 12,529 of them was named Gustaf, which outranked 41.0% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).