Gustave
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Gustave is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Gustave mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Gustav.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gustave a girl's or a boy's name?
Gustave is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gustave in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 boys.
Gustave in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
How popular is Gustave in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Gustave, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1915, with 152 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gustave in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 1946. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Gustave in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,743 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,777 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 46 | #939 |
| 1939 | 43 | #954 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,009 |
| 1937 | 49 | #880 |
| 1936 | 46 | #906 |
| 1935 | 49 | #903 |
| 1934 | 48 | #909 |
| 1933 | 41 | #995 |
| 1932 | 61 | #816 |
| 1931 | 76 | #688 |
| 1930 | 71 | #755 |
| 1929 | 88 | #657 |
| 1928 | 94 | #642 |
| 1927 | 92 | #662 |
| 1926 | 95 | #648 |
| 1925 | 97 | #645 |
| 1924 | 95 | #664 |
| 1923 | 114 | #589 |
| 1922 | 115 | #602 |
| 1921 | 124 | #568 |
| 1920 | 144 | #502 |
| 1919 | 131 | #518 |
| 1918 | 147 | #492 |
| 1917 | 152 | #460 |
| 1916 | 132 | #497 |
| 1915 | 152 | #441 |
| 1914 | 121 | #438 |
| 1913 | 95 | #436 |
| 1912 | 86 | #421 |
| 1911 | 42 | #452 |
| 1910 | 33 | #480 |
| 1909 | 30 | #462 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 |
| 1907 | 27 | #448 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 24 | #452 |
| 1904 | 42 | #300 |
| 1903 | 38 | #303 |
| 1902 | 33 | #337 |
| 1901 | 38 | #277 |
| 1900 | 30 | #413 |
| 1899 | 30 | #322 |
| 1898 | 41 | #285 |
| 1897 | 35 | #311 |
| 1896 | 39 | #296 |
| 1895 | 49 | #257 |
| 1894 | 44 | #261 |
| 1893 | 45 | #262 |
| 1892 | 57 | #235 |
| 1891 | 47 | #235 |
| 1890 | 37 | #282 |
| 1889 | 28 | #332 |
| 1888 | 52 | #241 |
| 1887 | 47 | #230 |
| 1886 | 38 | #275 |
| 1885 | 55 | #217 |
| 1884 | 58 | #217 |
| 1883 | 49 | #221 |
| 1882 | 57 | #217 |
| 1881 | 39 | #252 |
| 1880 | 49 | #236 |
Names like Gustave
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
George, Archie, Charlie, Louie, Harry, Ollie, Henry, Albert, Otto, Otis, Bertie, Rupert
Names related to Gustave
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Gustave: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gustave, updated 20 October 2026.