Gustav

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gustav: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gustav: Recorded every year since 1945, its highest recorded position is #19, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
106times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#19highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for
69names it appears alongside

What stands out in Gustav's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
2000	#3036
2002	#2005
2003	#2189
2004	#2070
2005	#3849
2006	#2282
2007	#2435
2008	#1828
2009	#3227
2010	#2629
2011	#3300
2012	#2458
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#1786
2016	#3478
2017	#2512
2018	#2259
2019	#3937
2020	#3334
2021	#2125
2022	#2320
2023	#2325

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2023: #20 among boys in Norway, #2325 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #154 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #19 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #19 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Gustav appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 3,624 births with the name.

Gustav across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gustav's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#154 (1945)	#19 (2025)	#19 (2025)	81 of 81	3,624 (1945–2025)	250 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1786 (2015)	#2325 (2023)	25 of 27	174 (1997–2023)	13 (2015)

Gustav by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gustav in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	99	5 of 10	20
1950s	142	10 of 10	14
1960s	96	10 of 10	10
1970s	96	10 of 10	10
1980s	118	10 of 10	12
1990s	246	10 of 10	25
2000s	459	10 of 10	46
2010s	1,097	10 of 10	110
2020sbusiest	1,271	6 of 10	212

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 212 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 62, from 145 to 207.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gustav appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in Norway in 2025.

Gustav's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#19	250	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#21	234	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#20	227	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#23	208	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#20	207	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#35	145	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#49	138	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#51	140	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#62	124	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#70	114	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#72	117	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#80	106	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#84	101	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#82	105	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#115	68	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#97	84	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#115	72	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#125	59	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#118	66	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#131	57	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#136	51	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#166	37	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#153	41	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#193	27	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#202	27	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#234	22	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#164	39	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#208	25	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#194	29	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#180	33	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#236	22	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#240	22	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#296	15	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#247	23	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#272	19	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#273	19	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#353	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#369	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#271	18	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#368	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#298	16	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#412	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#414	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#349	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#544	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#462	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#289	16	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#336	13	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#447	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#374	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#427	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#467	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#390	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#447	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#455	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#357	10	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#361	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#249	17	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#288	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#415	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#343	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#419	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#279	12	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#347	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#383	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#205	18	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#238	14	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#267	11	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#279	9	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#227	14	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#239	13	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#241	12	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#194	19	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#169	26	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#210	16	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#243	12	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#183	23	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#190	20	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#154	28	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #19, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 250 births, registered in Norway in 2025.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gus · #402, 30y
Gustas · #346, 20y
Gustavo · #616, 22y
Gustavs · #713, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Herman · #20, 76y
Cecilie · #17, 79y
Einar · #21, 81y
Leif · #17, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Dag · #19, 75y
Hedvig · #19, 76y
Janet · #19, 76y
Jon · #19, 81y

Comparisons involving Gustav

Existing comparison pages where Gustav and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Gustav in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Aksel vs Gustav
Aksel and Gustav were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #25 and #19.
Aksel · Gustav · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anders vs Gustav
Anders and Gustav were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #293 and #19.
Anders · Gustav · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Gustav
Andreas and Gustav were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #19.
Andreas · Gustav · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Gustav measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Gustav at its highest position.

Arne vs Gustav
Arne and Gustav were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #222 and #19.
Arne · Gustav · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Bjørn vs Gustav
Bjørn and Gustav were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #56 and #19.
Bjørn · Gustav · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Christian vs Gustav
Christian and Gustav were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #131 and #19.
Christian · Gustav · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Gustav was ranked #19 in Norway · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gustav and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gustav without appearing here.

Gustav moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #4685.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3300 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Gustav

Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1786 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #1431.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2629 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #1786.

Moved the opposite way to Gustav

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 while Anders went from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 while Arild went from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Gustav

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 and Aksel from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 and Alfred from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 and Arthur from #153 to #83.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Gustav went from #154 to #19 and Daniel from #280 to #66.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gustav

Gustav at a glance

What stands out in Gustav's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gustav across 2 official records

Gustav by decade in Norway · Boys

Gustav appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Gustav

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gustav

Gustav and the names beside it

Gustav moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gustav

Moved the opposite way to Gustav

Moved the same way as Gustav

Gustav at a glance

What stands out in Gustav's record

Gustav across 2 official records

Gustav by decade in Norway · Boys

Gustav appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Gustav

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gustav

Gustav and the names beside it

Gustav moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gustav

Moved the opposite way to Gustav

Moved the same way as Gustav