Gust — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gust

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,871 babies named Gust between 1880 and 1984, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gust currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gust performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 446 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Gust shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 171 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Gust in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gust in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,871 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.