Gustave
Gustave was given to 10 boys in 2025, #7,854 among boys’ names; 5,430 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,240 Americans named Gustave and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (23% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 29 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gustave by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gustave mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gustave is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Gustav.”
From French Gustave. French form of Swedish royal name Gustav; see Gustav for more.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gustave?
#7,854 among boys’ names, 2025
Gustave fell from #7,679 in 2015 to #7,854 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 5.2 to 5.9 per million.
152 babies in 1915, the peak
Gustave peaked in 1915, when 152 boys were given it, #441 among boys’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,854 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,287 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,597 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #11,238 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,416 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,834 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,477 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,164 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #10,015 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,679 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | #6,421 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,079 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #9,155 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,323 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,329 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,209 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,892 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,426 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,241 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,549 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,338 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,656 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,372 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,794 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,871 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,396 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,599 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,936 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,686 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,157 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,380 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,886 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,996 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,369 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,527 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,113 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,554 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,810 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,242 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,452 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,333 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,712 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,366 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,951 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,242 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,942 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,484 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,092 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,644 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,716 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,768 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,760 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,313 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,436 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,937 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,241 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,869 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,464 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,787 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #2,005 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,764 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,638 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,794 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,564 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,477 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,382 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,651 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,493 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,322 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,419 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,294 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,386 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,266 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,192 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,264 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,166 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,177 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,083 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,333 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,414 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,145 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,178 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,242 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 46 | #943 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 43 | #962 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 49 | #886 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 46 | #910 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 49 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 48 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,002 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 61 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 76 | #691 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 71 | #758 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 88 | #660 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 94 | #644 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 92 | #663 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 95 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 97 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 95 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 114 | #592 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 115 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 124 | #569 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 144 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 131 | #519 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 147 | #493 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 152 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 132 | #497 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 152 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 121 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1913 | 95 | #440 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 86 | #421 | 0.20 |
| 1911 | 42 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1910 | 33 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1909 | 30 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 29 | #457 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 27 | #449 | 0.18 |
| 1906 | 17 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 24 | #455 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 42 | #304 | 0.33 |
| 1903 | 38 | #307 | 0.32 |
| 1902 | 33 | #343 | 0.27 |
| 1901 | 38 | #280 | 0.36 |
| 1900 | 30 | #417 | 0.20 |
| 1899 | 30 | #327 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 41 | #287 | 0.33 |
| 1897 | 35 | #313 | 0.31 |
| 1896 | 39 | #298 | 0.33 |
| 1895 | 49 | #257 | 0.42 |
| 1894 | 44 | #264 | 0.38 |
| 1893 | 45 | #263 | 0.40 |
| 1892 | 57 | #236 | 0.47 |
| 1891 | 47 | #235 | 0.46 |
| 1890 | 37 | #286 | 0.33 |
| 1889 | 28 | #333 | 0.25 |
| 1888 | 52 | #242 | 0.43 |
| 1887 | 47 | #235 | 0.46 |
| 1886 | 38 | #277 | 0.34 |
| 1885 | 55 | #219 | 0.51 |
| 1884 | 58 | #217 | 0.51 |
| 1883 | 49 | #223 | 0.47 |
| 1882 | 57 | #218 | 0.50 |
| 1881 | 39 | #254 | 0.39 |
| 1880 | 49 | #238 | 0.44 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gustave a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gustave has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gustave: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gustave, and how old are they?
1,240 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 23% of the 5,430 Americans ever recorded as Gustave. The median Gustave alive today is 53 years old; half are between 29 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,647 people named Gustave (5 women and girls, 1,642 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,411 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 132 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 365 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 233 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 191 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 185 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 134 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gustave born?
The states with the most babies named Gustave are New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 884 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 286 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 243 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Louisiana | 166 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 153 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Wisconsin | 110 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 54 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Connecticut | 49 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 34 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 28 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Gustave is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gustave is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gustave with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 50,424 babies since 1880, Gustave is the second most given (11% of them). In 2025 it was given to 10 of their 487 babies (2.1%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gustave
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gustave and names like it
- Compare Gustave and GustavoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sGustave peaked in 1915.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gustave since 1910.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Gustave.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Gustave alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.