Gunnar Boy
How popular is Gunnar?
#612 boy name in 2025
462 baby boys were named Gunnar in the US in 2025, making it the 612th most popular boy name.
Gunnar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #612 for boys (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 462 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #388 in 2015, #526 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (825 boys) |
| Highest rank | #382 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gunnar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gunner family of names ranked #323 for boys in 2025 (#319 the year before), with 1,059 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gunner | 597 | 56% |
| Gunnar | 462 | 44% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gunnar is most popular
Babies named Gunnar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 1.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.9 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Washington: 0.7 per 1,000 (111 boys)
- New Hampshire: 0.7 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (73 boys)
Gunnar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,155 |
| 1910s | 159 | #1,112 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,583 |
| 1930s | 109 | #1,387 |
| 1940s | 102 | #2,029 |
| 1950s | 182 | #1,369 |
| 1960s | 217 | #1,505 |
| 1970s | 234 | #1,352 |
| 1980s | 294 | #1,471 |
| 1990s | 2,766 | #511 |
| 2000s | 4,268 | #507 |
| 2010s | 6,681 | #382 |
| 2020s | 2,989 | #526 |
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Questions
- Is Gunnar a boy or girl name?
- Gunnar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gunnar were boys.
- How popular is the name Gunnar?
- 462 baby boys were named Gunnar in the US in 2025, making it the 612th most popular boy name.
- When was Gunnar most popular?
- Gunnar peaked in 2015, when 825 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #382 in 2014.
- How many people are named Gunnar?
- 18,178 babies have been named Gunnar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,393 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Gunnar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gunnar was most common in North Dakota, at 1.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.