Gustava
Gustava is a feminine form of Gustav or Gustavus. People with the name include:Gustava Aigner (1906–1987), Austrian geologist and palaeontologist Gustava Kielland (1800–1889), Norwegian author and missionary pioneer Gustava Johanna Stenborg (1776–1819), was a Swedish artist
- Swedish
- German
Meaning & Origin of Gustava
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gustava is a feminine form of Gustav or Gustavus. People with the name include:Gustava Aigner (1906–1987), Austrian geologist and palaeontologist Gustava Kielland (1800–1889), Norwegian author and missionary pioneer Gustava Johanna Stenborg (1776–1819), was a Swedish artist
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- German
The Story of Gustava
The earliest SSA record of Gustava as a baby girl name dates back to 1888, when 6 babies received it. 1923 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Gustava — #1,944 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Gustava on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Gustava last appeared in the published SSA data in 1942, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 385 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gustava
Gustava is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 385 births in the dataset. Gustava's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #1,944. Use the chart and map above to compare Gustava's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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