Gustavo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- goo-STAH-voh
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #625 for boys
Gustavo is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 625th for boys in the US (447 babies).
What does Gustavo mean?
Scandinavian: Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Swedish Gustav
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Gustav, a Swedish royal name possibly meaning staff of the Geats.
Is Gustavo a girl's or a boy's name?
Gustavo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 447 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gustavo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Gustavo, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gustavo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Gustavo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Gustavo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #625among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 447about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 447 boys in the US were named Gustavo, making it the 625th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 623rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 1,290 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had more boys named Gustavo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Gustavo in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gustavo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 447 | #625 |
| 2024 | 439 | #639 |
| 2023 | 434 | #635 |
| 2022 | 435 | #637 |
| 2021 | 417 | #655 |
| 2020 | 432 | #623 |
| 2019 | 457 | #600 |
| 2018 | 443 | #609 |
| 2017 | 487 | #557 |
| 2016 | 517 | #555 |
| 2015 | 545 | #526 |
| 2014 | 586 | #483 |
| 2013 | 609 | #461 |
| 2012 | 707 | #410 |
| 2011 | 624 | #437 |
| 2010 | 684 | #411 |
| 2009 | 838 | #364 |
| 2008 | 973 | #338 |
| 2007 | 1,137 | #300 |
| 2006 | 1,080 | #306 |
| 2005 | 1,114 | #294 |
| 2004 | 1,102 | #290 |
| 2003 | 1,170 | #267 |
| 2002 | 1,177 | #265 |
| 2001 | 1,141 | #272 |
| 2000 | 1,290 | #260 |
| 1999 | 935 | #308 |
| 1998 | 896 | #311 |
| 1997 | 918 | #297 |
| 1996 | 898 | #295 |
| 1995 | 911 | #290 |
| 1994 | 970 | #281 |
| 1993 | 1,010 | #280 |
| 1992 | 873 | #306 |
| 1991 | 849 | #302 |
| 1990 | 722 | #343 |
| 1989 | 700 | #332 |
| 1988 | 526 | #379 |
| 1987 | 629 | #328 |
| 1986 | 448 | #403 |
| 1985 | 452 | #400 |
| 1984 | 371 | #435 |
| 1983 | 378 | #422 |
| 1982 | 451 | #381 |
| 1981 | 508 | #350 |
| 1980 | 388 | #417 |
| 1979 | 336 | #440 |
| 1978 | 304 | #458 |
| 1977 | 330 | #438 |
| 1976 | 319 | #434 |
| 1975 | 307 | #458 |
| 1974 | 307 | #458 |
| 1973 | 289 | #459 |
| 1972 | 262 | #487 |
| 1971 | 279 | #482 |
| 1970 | 271 | #492 |
| 1969 | 240 | #500 |
| 1968 | 210 | #524 |
| 1967 | 194 | #533 |
| 1966 | 178 | #570 |
| 1965 | 182 | #566 |
| 1964 | 178 | #592 |
| 1963 | 212 | #546 |
| 1962 | 175 | #591 |
| 1961 | 188 | #577 |
| 1960 | 140 | #661 |
| 1959 | 149 | #633 |
| 1958 | 140 | #648 |
| 1957 | 107 | #721 |
| 1956 | 113 | #693 |
| 1955 | 115 | #684 |
| 1954 | 111 | #683 |
| 1953 | 113 | #668 |
| 1952 | 78 | #793 |
| 1951 | 86 | #748 |
| 1950 | 70 | #813 |
| 1949 | 55 | #934 |
| 1948 | 58 | #901 |
| 1947 | 57 | #922 |
| 1946 | 49 | #952 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,038 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,031 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,033 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,199 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 43 | #969 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,090 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,111 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,080 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,152 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,457 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,448 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
Nicknames for Gustavo
- Gus 39 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Gustavo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Gustavo
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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, “Gustavo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gustavo, updated 20 October 2026.