Recorded 1911–2025 · United States
Gustavo was most popular in 2000, when 1,295 American babies were given the name — ranking #502 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,268, with 447 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 40,461 people named Gustavo.
Gustavo first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1911, which makes it about 114 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 114 of the 115 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 40,461 American births named Gustavo between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 37,744 are estimated to be alive today.
447 American babies were named Gustavo in 2025, ranking #1,268 that year.
Gustavo is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 434 births a year, against 614 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -29% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Gustavo is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 40,461 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 37,744 Americans named Gustavo are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 18 and 37.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org