Gustave
#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 49 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,430since 1880
Gustave over time
Rank among boys' names. Gustave has never cracked the top 200 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 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #1,450 | 28 |
| 1965 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1953 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,261 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #1,327 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #939 | 46 |
| 1939 | #954 | 43 |
| 1938 | #1,009 | 40 |
| 1937 | #880 | 49 |
| 1936 | #906 | 46 |
| 1935 | #903 | 49 |
| 1934 | #909 | 48 |
| 1933 | #995 | 41 |
| 1932 | #816 | 61 |
| 1931 | #688 | 76 |
| 1930 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | #657 | 88 |
| 1928 | #642 | 94 |
| 1927 | #662 | 92 |
| 1926 | #648 | 95 |
| 1925 | #645 | 97 |
| 1924 | #664 | 95 |
| 1923 | #589 | 114 |
| 1922 | #602 | 115 |
| 1921 | #568 | 124 |
| 1920 | #502 | 144 |
| 1919 | #518 | 131 |
| 1918 | #492 | 147 |
| 1917 | #460 | 152 |
| 1916 | #497 | 132 |
| 1915 | #441 | 152 |
| 1914 | #438 | 121 |
| 1913 | #436 | 95 |
| 1912 | #421 | 86 |
| 1911 | #452 | 42 |
| 1910 | #480 | 33 |
| 1909 | #462 | 30 |
| 1908 | #452 | 29 |
| 1907 | #448 | 27 |
| 1906 | #568 | 17 |
| 1905 | #452 | 24 |
| 1904 | #300 | 42 |
| 1903 | #303 | 38 |
| 1902 | #337 | 33 |
| 1901 | #277 | 38 |
| 1900 | #413 | 30 |
| 1899 | #322 | 30 |
| 1898 | #285 | 41 |
| 1897 | #311 | 35 |
| 1896 | #296 | 39 |
| 1895 | #257 | 49 |
| 1894 | #261 | 44 |
| 1893 | #262 | 45 |
| 1892 | #235 | 57 |
| 1891 | #235 | 47 |
| 1890 | #282 | 37 |
| 1889 | #332 | 28 |
| 1888 | #241 | 52 |
| 1887 | #230 | 47 |
| 1886 | #275 | 38 |
| 1885 | #217 | 55 |
| 1884 | #217 | 58 |
| 1883 | #221 | 49 |
| 1882 | #217 | 57 |
| 1881 | #252 | 39 |
| 1880 | #236 | 49 |
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.
Where Gustave is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#178 · 1 in 1,773
- New Jersey#193 · 1 in 2,908
- Minnesota#291 · 1 in 3,009
- Louisiana#298 · 1 in 2,075
- Wisconsin#298 · 1 in 3,775
Best ever in a state: #96 in Massachusetts, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #178 | 51 | 1 in 1,773 |
| New Jersey | #193 | 10 | 1 in 2,908 |
| Minnesota | #291 | 7 | 1 in 3,009 |
| Louisiana | #298 | 9 | 1 in 2,075 |
| Wisconsin | #298 | 6 | 1 in 3,775 |
| Ohio | #371 | 8 | 1 in 6,158 |
| Missouri | #381 | 6 | 1 in 4,643 |
| Michigan | #385 | 6 | 1 in 5,623 |
| Pennsylvania | #412 | 9 | 1 in 9,429 |
| Illinois | #499 | 5 | 1 in 10,678 |
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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.
See more about Gustave
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #217 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1937
- 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
- 20.1% of all boys named Gustave (1,091) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 472 | #217 (1884) | #244 |
| 1890s | 424 | #235 (1892) | #275 |
| 1900s | 308 | #277 (1901) | #401 |
| 1910s | 1,091 | #421 (1912) | #464 |
| 1920s | 1,058 | #502 (1920) | #618 |
| 1930s | 524 | #688 (1931) | #882 |
| 1940s | 344 | #939 (1940) | #1,187 |
| 1950s | 310 | #1,181 (1950) | #1,377 |
| 1960s | 200 | #1,450 (1966) | #1,881 |
| 1970s | 152 | #2,063 (1977) | #2,686 |
| 1980s | 140 | #2,213 (1980) | #3,501 |
| 1990s | 120 | #3,325 (1991) | #5,150 |
| 2000s | 121 | #4,322 (2002) | #6,478 |
| 2010s | 110 | #5,111 (2017) | #7,627 |
| 2020s | 56 | #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
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
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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).
- #499Lemuel146
- #499Shelby146
- #499Theron146
- #502Gustave144
- #502Augustine144
- #502Columbus144
- #502Oren144
- #507Carlo143
- #507Christian143
- #507Dalton143
Tied with 4 names at #502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.