How Many People Are Named Gustaf?
people named Gustaf are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,418,194 people in the US has this name
Based on 747 babies named Gustaf in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Swedish and German variant of GUSTAV.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gustaf in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gustaf alive today is about 31 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gustaf first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 25 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Gustaf has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #584, in 1884.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #584 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,604 in the 1910s |
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