Meaning not yet researched.
Gustav: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 30 in 2025. Its best rank was #242 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #242 in 1883; #3,686 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gustav in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,686 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #242.
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Gustav: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 30 boys in 2025. Peak: #242 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 99 (1917).
In 2025, 30 US boys were named Gustav, making it the 3,686th most common boys’ name of the year, down 335 places from #3,351 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 35 boys named Gustav in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #242, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 99, in 1917. For comparison, it was #4,337 in 2015 and #1,512 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gustav in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 33 babies with the name. In all, 4,267 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 723 babies named Gustav.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 338 US boys were named Gustav; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 45. In 2025 that was about 1 in 56,936 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Gustavo (40,461 babies since 1880), Gus (20,124 babies since 1880) and Gustave (5,430 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Gustav in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 30 | #3,686 |
| 2024 | — | — | 35 | #3,351 |
| 2023 | — | — | 33 | #3,500 |
| 2022 | — | — | 30 | #3,719 |
| 2021 | — | — | 34 | #3,383 |
| 2020 | — | — | 37 | #3,093 |
| 2019 | — | — | 45 | #2,777 |
| 2018 | — | — | 33 | #3,402 |
| 2017 | — | — | 33 | #3,408 |
| 2016 | — | — | 28 | #3,812 |
| 2015 | — | — | 23 | #4,337 |
| 2014 | — | — | 19 | #4,939 |
| 2013 | — | — | 21 | #4,519 |
| 2012 | — | — | 27 | #3,831 |
| 2011 | — | — | 29 | #3,631 |
| 2010 | — | — | 27 | #3,849 |
| 2009 | — | — | 43 | #2,815 |
| 2008 | — | — | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2007 | — | — | 24 | #4,165 |
| 2006 | — | — | 33 | #3,252 |
| 2005 | — | — | 26 | #3,653 |
| 2004 | — | — | 26 | #3,564 |
| 2003 | — | — | 24 | #3,660 |
| 2002 | — | — | 29 | #3,133 |
| 2001 | — | — | 35 | #2,709 |
| 2000 | — | — | 18 | #4,275 |
| 1999 | — | — | 19 | #3,893 |
| 1998 | — | — | 22 | #3,426 |
| 1997 | — | — | 19 | #3,649 |
| 1996 | — | — | 28 | #2,703 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,233 |
| 1994 | — | — | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1993 | — | — | 14 | #4,321 |
| 1992 | — | — | 22 | #3,041 |
| 1991 | — | — | 23 | #2,860 |
| 1990 | — | — | 17 | #3,505 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,118 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,261 |
| 1987 | — | — | 15 | #3,253 |
| 1986 | — | — | 12 | #3,719 |
| 1985 | — | — | 17 | #2,876 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,791 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,484 |
| 1982 | — | — | 8 | #4,756 |
| 1981 | — | — | 19 | #2,524 |
| 1980 | — | — | 20 | #2,475 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,431 |
| 1978 | — | — | 20 | #2,315 |
| 1977 | — | — | 16 | #2,705 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,541 |
| 1975 | — | — | 16 | #2,575 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,598 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,092 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,469 |
| 1971 | — | — | 10 | #3,235 |
| 1970 | — | — | 17 | #2,238 |
| 1969 | — | — | 13 | #2,470 |
| 1968 | — | — | 25 | #1,596 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1966 | — | — | 19 | #1,782 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1964 | — | — | 12 | #2,466 |
| 1963 | — | — | 19 | #1,859 |
| 1962 | — | — | 11 | #2,577 |
| 1961 | — | — | 22 | #1,759 |
| 1960 | — | — | 18 | #1,936 |
| 1959 | — | — | 19 | #1,886 |
| 1958 | — | — | 17 | #1,978 |
| 1957 | — | — | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1956 | — | — | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,062 |
| 1954 | — | — | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1953 | — | — | 17 | #1,923 |
| 1952 | — | — | 24 | #1,564 |
| 1951 | — | — | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1950 | — | — | 24 | #1,512 |
| 1949 | — | — | 26 | #1,447 |
| 1948 | — | — | 17 | #1,847 |
| 1947 | — | — | 31 | #1,328 |
| 1946 | — | — | 31 | #1,271 |
| 1945 | — | — | 13 | #1,968 |
| 1944 | — | — | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1943 | — | — | 22 | #1,505 |
| 1942 | — | — | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1941 | — | — | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,238 |
| 1939 | — | — | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1938 | — | — | 25 | #1,351 |
| 1937 | — | — | 28 | #1,275 |
| 1936 | — | — | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1935 | — | — | 24 | #1,406 |
| 1934 | — | — | 49 | #902 |
| 1933 | — | — | 42 | #987 |
| 1932 | — | — | 30 | #1,242 |
| 1931 | — | — | 42 | #1,042 |
| 1930 | — | — | 51 | #950 |
| 1929 | — | — | 55 | #908 |
| 1928 | — | — | 57 | #885 |
| 1927 | — | — | 53 | #956 |
| 1926 | — | — | 77 | #726 |
| 1925 | — | — | 50 | #962 |
| 1924 | — | — | 62 | #875 |
| 1923 | — | — | 61 | #875 |
| 1922 | — | — | 64 | #859 |
| 1921 | — | — | 73 | #792 |
| 1920 | — | — | 60 | #890 |
| 1919 | — | — | 83 | #684 |
| 1918 | — | — | 90 | #647 |
| 1917 | — | — | 99 | #597 |
| 1916 | — | — | 97 | #592 |
| 1915 | — | — | 92 | #597 |
| 1914 | — | — | 74 | #583 |
| 1913 | — | — | 70 | #515 |
| 1912 | — | — | 68 | #474 |
| 1911 | — | — | 28 | #581 |
| 1910 | — | — | 22 | #629 |
| 1909 | — | — | 17 | #664 |
| 1908 | — | — | 22 | #546 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #756 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #658 |
| 1905 | — | — | 22 | #482 |
| 1904 | — | — | 16 | #577 |
| 1903 | — | — | 15 | #587 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #624 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #516 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #565 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #445 |
| 1898 | — | — | 23 | #410 |
| 1897 | — | — | 16 | #504 |
| 1896 | — | — | 33 | #330 |
| 1895 | — | — | 19 | #463 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #445 |
| 1893 | — | — | 21 | #394 |
| 1892 | — | — | 25 | #381 |
| 1891 | — | — | 23 | #361 |
| 1890 | — | — | 21 | #396 |
| 1889 | — | — | 27 | #343 |
| 1888 | — | — | 30 | #338 |
| 1887 | — | — | 34 | #283 |
| 1886 | — | — | 32 | #304 |
| 1885 | — | — | 28 | #323 |
| 1884 | — | — | 36 | #291 |
| 1883 | — | — | 44 | #242 |
| 1882 | — | — | 43 | #262 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #402 |
| 1880 | — | — | 33 | #286 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).