Meaning not yet researched.
Gustave: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #217 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #217 in 1884; #7,858 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gustave in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,858 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #217.
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Gustave: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #217 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 152 (1917).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Gustave, making it the 7,858th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,566 places from #6,292 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 14 boys named Gustave in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #217, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 152, in 1917. For comparison, it was #7,684 in 2015 and #1,193 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gustave in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 49 babies. In all, 5,430 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1,091 babies named Gustave.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 104 US boys were named Gustave; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 18. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Gustavo (40,461 babies since 1880) and Gustav (4,267 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 Gustave 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 | — | — | 10 | #7,858 |
| 2024 | — | — | 14 | #6,292 |
| 2022 | — | — | 13 | #6,602 |
| 2021 | — | — | 6 | #11,244 |
| 2020 | — | — | 13 | #6,420 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #7,839 |
| 2018 | — | — | 13 | #6,481 |
| 2017 | — | — | 18 | #5,168 |
| 2016 | — | — | 7 | #10,020 |
| 2015 | — | — | 10 | #7,684 |
| 2014 | — | — | 13 | #6,426 |
| 2013 | — | — | 8 | #9,084 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,161 |
| 2011 | — | — | 6 | #11,330 |
| 2010 | — | — | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2009 | — | — | 14 | #6,213 |
| 2008 | — | — | 12 | #6,897 |
| 2007 | — | — | 9 | #8,431 |
| 2006 | — | — | 9 | #8,247 |
| 2005 | — | — | 8 | #8,556 |
| 2004 | — | — | 15 | #5,343 |
| 2003 | — | — | 13 | #5,663 |
| 2002 | — | — | 18 | #4,378 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #7,801 |
| 2000 | — | — | 15 | #4,878 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,403 |
| 1998 | — | — | 11 | #5,606 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #3,941 |
| 1996 | — | — | 10 | #5,693 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,164 |
| 1994 | — | — | 14 | #4,386 |
| 1993 | — | — | 16 | #3,892 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #5,003 |
| 1991 | — | — | 18 | #3,375 |
| 1990 | — | — | 9 | #5,534 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,119 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,559 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,815 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,246 |
| 1985 | — | — | 21 | #2,453 |
| 1984 | — | — | 9 | #4,336 |
| 1983 | — | — | 11 | #3,713 |
| 1982 | — | — | 21 | #2,367 |
| 1981 | — | — | 10 | #3,953 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,242 |
| 1979 | — | — | 15 | #2,943 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,485 |
| 1977 | — | — | 23 | #2,092 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,645 |
| 1975 | — | — | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1974 | — | — | 14 | #2,718 |
| 1973 | — | — | 13 | #2,770 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,762 |
| 1971 | — | — | 17 | #2,314 |
| 1970 | — | — | 15 | #2,437 |
| 1969 | — | — | 10 | #2,938 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,242 |
| 1967 | — | — | 18 | #1,870 |
| 1966 | — | — | 28 | #1,465 |
| 1965 | — | — | 20 | #1,788 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #2,006 |
| 1963 | — | — | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1962 | — | — | 24 | #1,639 |
| 1961 | — | — | 21 | #1,795 |
| 1960 | — | — | 27 | #1,565 |
| 1959 | — | — | 29 | #1,478 |
| 1958 | — | — | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1957 | — | — | 24 | #1,652 |
| 1956 | — | — | 28 | #1,494 |
| 1955 | — | — | 33 | #1,323 |
| 1954 | — | — | 29 | #1,420 |
| 1953 | — | — | 34 | #1,295 |
| 1952 | — | — | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1951 | — | — | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1950 | — | — | 37 | #1,193 |
| 1949 | — | — | 33 | #1,265 |
| 1948 | — | — | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1947 | — | — | 38 | #1,178 |
| 1946 | — | — | 41 | #1,084 |
| 1945 | — | — | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1944 | — | — | 23 | #1,415 |
| 1943 | — | — | 36 | #1,145 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,178 |
| 1941 | — | — | 29 | #1,242 |
| 1940 | — | — | 46 | #943 |
| 1939 | — | — | 43 | #962 |
| 1938 | — | — | 40 | #1,015 |
| 1937 | — | — | 49 | #886 |
| 1936 | — | — | 46 | #910 |
| 1935 | — | — | 49 | #908 |
| 1934 | — | — | 48 | #911 |
| 1933 | — | — | 41 | #1,002 |
| 1932 | — | — | 61 | #819 |
| 1931 | — | — | 76 | #691 |
| 1930 | — | — | 71 | #758 |
| 1929 | — | — | 88 | #660 |
| 1928 | — | — | 94 | #644 |
| 1927 | — | — | 92 | #663 |
| 1926 | — | — | 95 | #649 |
| 1925 | — | — | 97 | #646 |
| 1924 | — | — | 95 | #665 |
| 1923 | — | — | 114 | #592 |
| 1922 | — | — | 115 | #603 |
| 1921 | — | — | 124 | #569 |
| 1920 | — | — | 144 | #504 |
| 1919 | — | — | 131 | #519 |
| 1918 | — | — | 147 | #493 |
| 1917 | — | — | 152 | #462 |
| 1916 | — | — | 132 | #497 |
| 1915 | — | — | 152 | #441 |
| 1914 | — | — | 121 | #439 |
| 1913 | — | — | 95 | #440 |
| 1912 | — | — | 86 | #421 |
| 1911 | — | — | 42 | #454 |
| 1910 | — | — | 33 | #485 |
| 1909 | — | — | 30 | #463 |
| 1908 | — | — | 29 | #457 |
| 1907 | — | — | 27 | #449 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #574 |
| 1905 | — | — | 24 | #455 |
| 1904 | — | — | 42 | #304 |
| 1903 | — | — | 38 | #307 |
| 1902 | — | — | 33 | #343 |
| 1901 | — | — | 38 | #280 |
| 1900 | — | — | 30 | #417 |
| 1899 | — | — | 30 | #327 |
| 1898 | — | — | 41 | #287 |
| 1897 | — | — | 35 | #313 |
| 1896 | — | — | 39 | #298 |
| 1895 | — | — | 49 | #257 |
| 1894 | — | — | 44 | #264 |
| 1893 | — | — | 45 | #263 |
| 1892 | — | — | 57 | #236 |
| 1891 | — | — | 47 | #235 |
| 1890 | — | — | 37 | #286 |
| 1889 | — | — | 28 | #333 |
| 1888 | — | — | 52 | #242 |
| 1887 | — | — | 47 | #235 |
| 1886 | — | — | 38 | #277 |
| 1885 | — | — | 55 | #219 |
| 1884 | — | — | 58 | #217 |
| 1883 | — | — | 49 | #223 |
| 1882 | — | — | 57 | #218 |
| 1881 | — | — | 39 | #254 |
| 1880 | — | — | 49 | #238 |
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).