Gustave
Gustave is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 217th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1915152 births
- Best rank
- #217in 1884
- Since 1880
- 5,420people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,420 boys have been named Gustave in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 152 births.
The name has all but left use: 14 births in 2024, against 152 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1910s alone account for 20%. It has spent 59 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gustave | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 472 | |
| 1890s | 424 | |
| 1900s | 308 | |
| 1910s | 1,091 | |
| 1920s | 1,058 | |
| 1930s | 524 | |
| 1940s | 344 | |
| 1950s | 310 | |
| 1960s | 200 | |
| 1970s | 152 | |
| 1980s | 140 | |
| 1990s | 120 | |
| 2000s | 121 | |
| 2010s | 110 | |
| 2020s | 46 |
In 1915, its biggest year
Gustave was the 441st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1915 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with Gustave
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elzapeak 1922
- Ciceropeak 1920
- Washingtonpeak 1921
- Claudpeak 1919
- Fatepeak 1919
- Ligepeak 1915
- Charleypeak 1920
- Gusspeak 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.