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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #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
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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.

Where Gustavo is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #477 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 9,355 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedHITexas: #292 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 2,171 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Gustavo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#292 · 1 in 2,171
  2. California#477 · 1 in 9,355

Best ever in a state: #99 in Arizona, 1920.

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Texas#292531 in 2,171
California#477151 in 9,355
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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 Gustavo
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 1952

boys
#794
78 births · 1 in 24,918 boys

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #794Gustavo78
More about 1952

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 24,918 of them was named Gustavo, which outranked 81.3% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gustavo
  1. #791Lesley79
  2. #791Normand79
  3. #791Warner79
  4. #794Gustavo78
  5. #794Berry78
  6. #794Courtney78
  7. #794Efrain78
  8. #801Cyrus77
  9. #801Dewitt77
  10. #801Lupe77

Tied with 6 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →