Gunner Boy
How popular is Gunner?
#506 boy name in 2025
597 baby boys were named Gunner in the US in 2025, making it the 506th most popular boy name.
Gunner popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #506 for boys (▲ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 597 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #239 in 2015, #308 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (1,591 boys) |
| Highest rank | #235 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gunner 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 Gunner is most popular
Babies named Gunner per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 2.5 per 1,000 (83 boys)
- Arkansas: 1.7 per 1,000 (107 boys)
- Kentucky: 1.4 per 1,000 (141 boys)
- Oklahoma: 1.4 per 1,000 (122 boys)
- Mississippi: 1.3 per 1,000 (74 boys)
Gunner by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37 | #3,342 |
| 1980s | 97 | #3,105 |
| 1990s | 1,513 | #666 |
| 2000s | 4,150 | #398 |
| 2010s | 12,868 | #235 |
| 2020s | 4,821 | #308 |
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Questions
- Is Gunner a boy or girl name?
- Gunner is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gunner were boys.
- How popular is the name Gunner?
- 597 baby boys were named Gunner in the US in 2025, making it the 506th most popular boy name.
- When was Gunner most popular?
- Gunner peaked in 2015, when 1,591 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #235 in 2014.
- How many people are named Gunner?
- 23,508 babies have been named Gunner in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,288 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Gunner most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gunner was most common in West Virginia, at 2.5 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.