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Gustabo

Boy · goos-TAH-boh · Old Norse

Gustabo is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “staff of the Geats”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Gustabo mean?

Old Norse: spelling of Gustavo, Spanish form of Gustav

“staff of the Geats”

A variant spelling of Gustavo, the Spanish form of Gustav, probably from Old Norse words meaning staff of the Geats.

Say it
goos-TAH-boh

Is Gustabo a girl's or a boy's name?

Gustabo is a boys' name.

How popular is Gustabo in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.

Half of all the boys named Gustabo in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1953Busiest: 21 in 20002012
Gustabo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20126#10,763
20116#10,801
20100–
20097#9,859
200813#6,388
200710#7,586
20069#7,992
200512#6,220
200415#5,241
200310#6,708
200217#4,496
200116#4,670
200021#3,758
19998#7,132
199810#5,834
199713#4,663
199619#3,543
19957#6,985
199410#5,446
199318#3,495
199213#4,319
199116#3,629
19907#6,408
19896#6,934
19880–
198711#3,954
19869#4,453
19850–
198410#3,922
19837#4,904
19829#4,232
198114#3,028
19807#4,938
19790–
19780–
19778#4,162
19766#4,933
19755#5,462
19746#4,632
19738#3,692
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19656#3,535
19645#4,038
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19567#3,214
19550–
19545#3,825
19535#3,796

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