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Gustavo

“Staff of the Geats” — Spanish, from Old Norse (via Swedish Gustav) origin

Boy's name · #625 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Gustavo's best rank, #260, came in 2000; it has settled back to #625 today. Roughly 40,000 boys have been named Gustavo since 1911.

Around the world: about 1 in 450 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 2,800 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 12,000 boys in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Gustavos

• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer — Spanish poet
• Gustavo Petro — 34th President of Colombia since 2022
• Gustavo Kuerten — Brazilian tennis player
• Gustavo Zapata — Argentine association football player
• Gustavo Gutiérrez — Peruvian theologian (1928–2024)

In stories & tradition

• Gustavo (Gus Fring) — Breaking Bad · Better Call Saul
• Gustavo Garian — comics character
• Gustavo — Gustavo III

What Gustavos become

Among 1,953 notable people named Gustavo:

Sports figures appear 1.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player.

Similar names: Enrique · Gus · Rodrigo · Guillermo · Gerardo · Fernando

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