# Gustavus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gustavus/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gustav, Gustave |
| US babies named this | 266 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 266 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gustavus. From Swedish Gustav.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 6 | 3,791 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,406 |
| 1966 | 10 | 2,692 |
| 1967 | 8 | 3,085 |
| 1968 | 8 | 3,208 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,728 |
| 1970 | 9 | 3,370 |
| 1972 | 8 | 3,763 |
| 1973 | 10 | 3,299 |
| 1974 | 7 | 4,333 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,143 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,698 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,323 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,176 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,705 |

## People named Gustavus

- Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs, Chemist, natural philosopher
- Gustavus Woodson Smith, Confederate Army general (1821-1896)
- Gustavus Franklin Swift, American entrepreneur in the meat industry
- Gustavus Fox, American naval officer (1821-1883)
- Gustavus Myers, American journalist and historian (1872–1942)
- Gustavus von Tempsky, German born New Zealand artist (1828-1868)
- Christopher Memminger, German-born American politician (1803-1888)
- Frederick Schwatka, American explorer and author (1849–1892)

## 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.