Gustav
Gustav is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. Its best rank was 242nd, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191799 births
- Best rank
- #242in 1883
- Since 1880
- 4,237people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,237 boys have been named Gustav in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 99 births.
The name has all but left use: 35 births in 2024, against 99 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1910s alone account for 17%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gustav | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 325 | |
| 1890s | 218 | |
| 1900s | 166 | |
| 1910s | 723 | |
| 1920s | 612 | |
| 1930s | 339 | |
| 1940s | 239 | |
| 1950s | 195 | |
| 1960s | 171 | |
| 1970s | 149 | |
| 1980s | 143 | |
| 1990s | 207 | |
| 2000s | 296 | |
| 2010s | 285 | |
| 2020s | 169 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Gustav was the 597th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Gustav
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hirampeak 1920
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Charleypeak 1920
- Bertpeak 1918
- Alvahpeak 1916
- Washingtonpeak 1921
- Isompeak 1920
- Elzapeak 1922
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.