Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gustav

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gustav
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

64.6%

2024

All-time

4,237

Gustav has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1917, when 99 boys were named Gustav.

In 2024, only 35 boys were given the name.

Down 64.6% from its peak.

All told, about 4,237 Americans have been named Gustav and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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