Gustav
#3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 44 births
- Debut · boys
- 33 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,267since 1880
Gustav over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gustav has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,658 | 30 |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #3,474 | 33 |
| 2022 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #3,074 | 37 |
| 2019 | #2,766 | 45 |
| 2018 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #3,378 | 33 |
| 2016 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #3,605 | 29 |
| 2010 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 43 |
| 2008 | #3,057 | 38 |
| 2007 | #4,127 | 24 |
| 2006 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,337 | 25 |
| 1937 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,390 | 24 |
| 1934 | #897 | 49 |
| 1933 | #980 | 42 |
| 1932 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #900 | 55 |
| 1928 | #883 | 57 |
| 1927 | #951 | 53 |
| 1926 | #726 | 77 |
| 1925 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #873 | 61 |
| 1922 | #855 | 64 |
| 1921 | #790 | 73 |
| 1920 | #887 | 60 |
| 1919 | #682 | 83 |
| 1918 | #647 | 90 |
| 1917 | #597 | 99 |
| 1916 | #591 | 97 |
| 1915 | #595 | 92 |
| 1914 | #583 | 74 |
| 1913 | #513 | 70 |
| 1912 | #474 | 68 |
| 1911 | #577 | 28 |
| 1910 | #621 | 22 |
| 1909 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #541 | 22 |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #477 | 22 |
| 1904 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #576 | 15 |
| 1902 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #438 | 18 |
| 1898 | #409 | 23 |
| 1897 | #495 | 16 |
| 1896 | #329 | 33 |
| 1895 | #456 | 19 |
| 1894 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #391 | 21 |
| 1892 | #380 | 25 |
| 1891 | #359 | 23 |
| 1890 | #389 | 21 |
| 1889 | #338 | 27 |
| 1888 | #330 | 30 |
| 1887 | #276 | 34 |
| 1886 | #301 | 32 |
| 1885 | #318 | 28 |
| 1884 | #288 | 36 |
| 1883 | #240 | 44 |
| 1882 | #262 | 43 |
| 1881 | #395 | 18 |
| 1880 | #286 | 33 |
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.
Where Gustav is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New Jersey#299 · 1 in 5,816
- Illinois#427 · 1 in 7,627
- New York#439 · 1 in 10,046
- Pennsylvania#492 · 1 in 14,144
Best ever in a state: #145 in North Dakota, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #299 | 5 | 1 in 5,816 |
| Illinois | #427 | 7 | 1 in 7,627 |
| New York | #439 | 9 | 1 in 10,046 |
| Pennsylvania | #492 | 6 | 1 in 14,144 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 325 | #240 (1883) | #303 |
| 1890s | 218 | #329 (1896) | #409 |
| 1900s | 166 | #477 (1905) | #586 |
| 1910s | 723 | #474 (1912) | #588 |
| 1920s | 612 | #726 (1926) | #869 |
| 1930s | 339 | #897 (1934) | #1,180 |
| 1940s | 239 | #1,227 (1940) | #1,485 |
| 1950s | 195 | #1,496 (1954) | #1,857 |
| 1960s | 171 | #1,574 (1968) | #2,013 |
| 1970s | 149 | #2,213 (1970) | #2,669 |
| 1980s | 143 | #2,444 (1980) | #3,355 |
| 1990s | 207 | #2,679 (1996) | #3,333 |
| 2000s | 296 | #2,681 (2001) | #3,397 |
| 2010s | 285 | #2,766 (2019) | #3,814 |
| 2020s | 199 | #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 1920
boys
#887
60 births · 1 in 17,739 boys
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 17,739 of them was named Gustav, which outranked 82.2% 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).