Gustavo
Gustavo was given to 447 boys in 2025, #625 among boys’ names; 40,461 Americans have been recorded with it since 1911 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 37,600 Americans named Gustavo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 18 and 37.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gustavo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gustavo mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Gustavo is “a male given name, equivalent to English Gustav”
/ɡusˈtabo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gustavo?
#625 among boys’ names, 2025
Gustavo fell from #526 in 2015 to #625 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.28 to 0.26 per 1,000.
1,295 babies in 2000, the peak
Gustavo peaked in 2000, when 1,295 babies were given it (1,290 boys, #260 among boys’ names). The 447 births of 2025 are 35% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 447 | #625 | 0.26 |
| 2024 | 439 | #640 | 0.25 |
| 2023 | 434 | #635 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 435 | #637 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 417 | #655 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 432 | #623 | 0.25 |
| 2019 | 457 | #600 | 0.25 |
| 2018 | 443 | #609 | 0.24 |
| 2017 | 487 | #557 | 0.26 |
| 2016 | 517 | #556 | 0.27 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 545 | #526 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 586 | #483 | 0.31 |
| 2013 | 609 | #461 | 0.32 |
| 2012 | 707 | #410 | 0.37 |
| 2011 | 624 | #438 | 0.33 |
| 2010 | 684 | #412 | 0.36 |
| 2009 | 838 | #364 | 0.42 |
| 2008 | 973 | #338 | 0.48 |
| 2007 | 1,137 | #300 | 0.55 |
| 2006 | 1,080 | #306 | 0.53 |
| 2005 | 1,114 | #294 | 0.56 |
| 2004 | 1,102 | #290 | 0.56 |
| 2003 | 1,170 | #267 | 0.59 |
| 2002 | 1,177 | #265 | 0.61 |
| 2001 | 1,141 | #272 | 0.59 |
| 2000 | 1,290 | #260 | 0.66 |
| 1999 | 935 | #308 | 0.49 |
| 1998 | 896 | #312 | 0.47 |
| 1997 | 918 | #297 | 0.49 |
| 1996 | 898 | #295 | 0.47 |
| 1995 | 911 | #290 | 0.48 |
| 1994 | 970 | #281 | 0.50 |
| 1993 | 1,010 | #280 | 0.51 |
| 1992 | 873 | #307 | 0.44 |
| 1991 | 849 | #303 | 0.42 |
| 1990 | 722 | #343 | 0.35 |
| 1989 | 700 | #333 | 0.35 |
| 1988 | 526 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1987 | 629 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1986 | 448 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1985 | 452 | #400 | 0.24 |
| 1984 | 371 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1983 | 378 | #422 | 0.21 |
| 1982 | 451 | #381 | 0.25 |
| 1981 | 508 | #350 | 0.28 |
| 1980 | 388 | #417 | 0.22 |
| 1979 | 336 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 304 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1977 | 330 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1976 | 319 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1975 | 307 | #459 | 0.20 |
| 1974 | 307 | #458 | 0.20 |
| 1973 | 289 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1972 | 262 | #487 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 279 | #482 | 0.16 |
| 1970 | 271 | #493 | 0.15 |
| 1969 | 240 | #500 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 210 | #525 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 194 | #535 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 178 | #570 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 182 | #567 | 0.10 |
| 1964 | 178 | #592 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 212 | #546 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 175 | #591 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 188 | #577 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 140 | #661 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 149 | #634 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 140 | #649 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 107 | #724 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 113 | #695 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 115 | #686 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 111 | #684 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 113 | #672 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 78 | #797 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 86 | #754 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 70 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 55 | #936 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 58 | #906 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 57 | #926 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 49 | #955 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,045 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,061 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,196 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,150 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,026 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,037 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,041 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,104 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 43 | #972 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,561 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,430 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,473 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,462 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,622 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,911 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,022 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,327 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gustavo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gustavo has been given almost only to boys: 104 girls in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Gustavo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gustavo, and how old are they?
37,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 40,461 Americans ever recorded as Gustavo. The median Gustavo alive today is 26 years old; half are between 18 and 37.
The 2020 Census counted 73,690 people named Gustavo (145 women and girls, 73,545 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 35,763 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times 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 | 128 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,530 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,940 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,200 |
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 Gustavo born?
The states with the most babies named Gustavo are Texas, California and Florida, with 57% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 104 | #360 | 2.5× |
| California | 96 | #361 | 3.0× |
| Florida | 34 | #519 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 16 | #449 | 1.9× |
| Washington | 14 | #511 | 0.6× |
| New York | 13 | #963 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 13 | #728 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 13 | #694 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 10 | #825 | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #484 | 0.4× |
Where Gustavo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gustavo is most over-represented in California: since 1911 it was given 3.0 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 Gustavo 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 45,891 babies since 1880, Gustavo is the most given (88% of them). In 2025 it was given to 447 of their 457 babies (98%), again the most given.
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 Gustavo
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 Gustavo and names like it
- Compare Gustavo and GustaveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sGustavo peaked in 2000.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gustavo since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Gustavo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Gustavo.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Gustavo alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.