Gustavo

What Gustavo means

Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Gustav, meaning “Staff of the…

a male given name, equivalent to English Gustav || In Peder Swart's chronicle about Gustav Vasa dated in the mid-1500s, the name is spelled Götstaff and is assumed to mean "Staff of the Geats."

Source: Wiktionary, “Gustavo” (revision 90780683) and “Gustav” (revision 92994193), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Gustavo?

US: Falling: down from #526 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2020 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2000, when 1,290 boys got the name (#260 that year). First in the US records in 1911.

How common

• About 1 in 3,821 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.64 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.59 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Gustavo is #625 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Gustavo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Gustavo

Boys

• Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Miguel#212Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, meaning “who is like God?”^*
• Javier#274Spanish, from Basque Xabier, meaning “the new house”^*
• Jesus#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2004, with 6,472 babies; 2,078 in 2025
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*

For a sister

• Brianna#222Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #82 in 2015, #222 in 2025
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Gustavo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.