Gustava — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gustava

The Social Security Administration has registered 385 babies named Gustava between 1888 and 1942, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gustava currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gustava performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gustava shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Gustava in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gustava 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 385 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.