Gustavo
Gustavo is ranked 640th among boys in 2024 (437 births). Its best rank was 260th, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #640down 4 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4370.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 20001,290 births
- Best rank
- #260in 2000
- Since 1911
- 39,904people given the name
The story in the numbers
39,904 boys have been named Gustavo in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 1,290 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 482 → 640).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 28%. It has spent 80 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gustavo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 129 | |
| 1920s | 317 | |
| 1930s | 366 | |
| 1940s | 444 | |
| 1950s | 1,082 | |
| 1960s | 1,897 | |
| 1970s | 3,004 | |
| 1980s | 4,851 | |
| 1990s | 8,982 | |
| 2000s | 11,021 | |
| 2010s | 5,659 | |
| 2020s | 2,152 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Gustavo was the 260th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Gustavo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Luispeak 2007
- Leobardopeak 2003
- Marcospeak 2001
- Eduardopeak 2001
- Alexandropeak 2004
- Cesarpeak 2004
- Miguelpeak 2007
- Marcopeak 2005
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.