# Gustavo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gustavo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 40,461 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 40,357 / 104 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 200, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 5 | 10,291 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,923 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,431 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,651 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,302 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,326 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,740 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,843 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,872 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,285 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,197 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,217 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,284 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,964 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,907 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 624 | 438 |
| 2012 | 707 | 410 |
| 2013 | 609 | 461 |
| 2014 | 586 | 483 |
| 2015 | 545 | 526 |
| 2016 | 517 | 556 |
| 2017 | 487 | 557 |
| 2018 | 443 | 609 |
| 2019 | 457 | 600 |
| 2020 | 432 | 623 |
| 2021 | 417 | 655 |
| 2022 | 435 | 637 |
| 2023 | 434 | 635 |
| 2024 | 439 | 640 |
| 2025 | 447 | 625 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Gustavo

- Gustavo Petro, 42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
- Luiz Gustavo, Brazilian association football player
- Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
- Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz, 56th President of Mexico
- Gustavo Zapata, Argentine association football player
- Gustavo Alfaro, Argentine football player and manager
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 26th President of Colombia (1900-1975)
- Gustavo Puerta, Colombian footballer (born 2003)
- Gustavo Dezotti, Argentine association football player
- Gustavo Cuéllar, Colombian footballer
- Gustavo Scarpa, Brazilian association football player
- Miguel Gustavo, Brazilian journalist and musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.