Gustavo
Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian.
Meaning & Origin of Gustavo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian.
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The Story of Gustavo
Gustavo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1911, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 1,290 Gustavos were born — ranking #260 that year. As of 2026, Gustavo ranks #644 for baby boys with 439 births, holding steady (-2%). In total, more than 41K Gustavos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Gustavo
Gustavo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 41K births in the dataset. Gustavo's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #260. Use the chart and map above to compare Gustavo'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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