Gustavia — girls' name
272 babies named Gustavia in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Gustavia was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Gustavia in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gustavia
The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Gustavia between 1902 and 1963, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gustavia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gustavia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gustavia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gustavia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gustavia 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 272 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.
Gustavia at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gustavia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1902
- Peak year (1919)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
272 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 15 births in a single year.
Gustavia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 82 births that decade — 30% of Gustavia's all-time total
Gustavia decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Gustavia's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Gustavia by state
Where Gustavia concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 75 | 27.6% |
75 of 272 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 27.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 27.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1902–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.