Gustaf
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scandinavian
Gustaf is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gustaf mean?
Scandinavian
A male given name from Swedish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gustaf a girl's or a boy's name?
Gustaf is a boys' name.
How popular is Gustaf in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1917, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gustaf in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gustaf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 10 | #628 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 8 | #677 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Gustaf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gustaf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gustaf, updated 20 October 2026.