first name
GUSTAVO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 73,690 people named Gustavo, 94.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gustavo peaked in 2000, when 1,295 babies got the name.
At least 40,461 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gustavo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #585. The largest share of babies named Gustavo, 39%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gustavo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gustavo has been most common in California (4×), Texas (3.1×), and Arizona (3.1×), and least common in Ohio (0.03×).
37,774 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Gustavo
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gustavo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gustavo ranks #76,963 of 156,621, with 269 people. See Gustavo as a last name
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