Gustavus
- Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 266since 1880
Gustavus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gustavus has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
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| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
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| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
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| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
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| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | — | |
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| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
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| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gustavus was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gustavus is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gustavus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gustavus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1882
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #691 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1880–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,211
- Highest: 1 in 14,211 boys born in 1882 were named Gustavus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 21.1% of all boys named Gustavus (56) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #691 (1882) | #859 |
| 1890s | 5 | #994 (1890) | #994 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 46 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,487 |
| 1920s | 20 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,641 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,289 (1930) | #3,412 |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,130 (1940) | #3,250 |
| 1950s | 30 | #3,275 (1958) | #3,526 |
| 1960s | 56 | #2,627 (1966) | #3,418 |
| 1970s | 34 | #3,223 (1973) | #3,579 |
| 1980s | 18 | #4,940 (1980) | #6,384 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,556 (2001) | #11,306 |
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.
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