Gust
Gust is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 330th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192359 births
- Best rank
- #330in 1887
- Since 1880
- 1,871people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,871 boys have been named Gust in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 59 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 59 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gust | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 218 | |
| 1890s | 188 | |
| 1900s | 108 | |
| 1910s | 292 | |
| 1920s | 446 | |
| 1930s | 242 | |
| 1940s | 101 | |
| 1950s | 124 | |
| 1960s | 104 | |
| 1970s | 42 | |
| 1980s | 6 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Gust was the 887th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Gust
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lempeak 1917
- Rollapeak 1916
- Greenpeak 1927
- Edpeak 1959
- Benjimanpeak 1921
- Gustavepeak 1915
- Willpeak 1888
- Dockpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.