Meaning not yet researched.
Gunnar: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 462 in 2025. Its best rank was #382 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #382 in 2014; #612 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gunnar in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#612 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #382.
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Gunnar: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 462 boys in 2025. Peak: #382 in 2014 · most boys in one year: 825 (2015).
In 2025, 462 US boys were named Gunnar, making it the 612th most common boys’ name of the year, down 14 places from #598 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 476 boys named Gunnar in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #382, reached in 2014. The most boys given the name in a single year was 825, in 2015. For comparison, it was #388 in 2015 and #1,909 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gunnar in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1893 with 5 babies. In all, 18,178 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,697 babies named Gunnar.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,691 US boys were named Gunnar; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 798. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,697 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gunnar ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #234 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Gunner (23,508 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Guenter are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Guenter (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Gunnar in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 8 | #234 | #305 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #245 | #201 |
| Maryland | 16 | #334 | #369 |
| Minnesota | 16 | #360 | #244 |
| Washington | 20 | #371 | #259 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #421 | #378 |
| Colorado | 14 | #425 | #426 |
| Virginia | 18 | #443 | #312 |
| Idaho | 5 | #453 | — |
| Iowa | 7 | #463 | #343 |
| Nevada | 6 | #470 | #535 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #496 | #405 |
| North Carolina | 20 | #502 | #363 |
| Arizona | 14 | #503 | #411 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #542 | #202 |
| Missouri | 10 | #574 | #353 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #586 | #374 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #611 | #438 |
| New York | 24 | #627 | #731 |
| Indiana | 10 | #643 | #264 |
| Alabama | 7 | #646 | #302 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #648 | #482 |
| Oregon | 5 | #648 | #294 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #649 | #332 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #649 | #296 |
| Michigan | 12 | #654 | #381 |
| Illinois | 14 | #654 | #379 |
| Ohio | 13 | #687 | #301 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #728 | #524 |
| Florida | 21 | #737 | #451 |
| California | 34 | #760 | #453 |
| Georgia | 11 | #811 | #601 |
| Texas | 31 | #847 | #543 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 462 | #612 |
| 2024 | — | — | 476 | #598 |
| 2023 | — | — | 478 | #593 |
| 2022 | — | — | 486 | #589 |
| 2021 | — | — | 545 | #541 |
| 2020 | — | — | 542 | #527 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,396 | 576 | #497 |
| 2018 | — | — | 621 | #469 |
| 2017 | — | — | 707 | #439 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,987 | 798 | #400 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,401 | 825 | #388 |
| 2014 | — | — | 816 | #382 |
| 2013 | — | — | 758 | #397 |
| 2012 | — | — | 603 | #450 |
| 2011 | — | — | 520 | #501 |
| 2010 | — | — | 457 | #554 |
| 2009 | — | — | 480 | #550 |
| 2008 | — | — | 488 | #540 |
| 2007 | — | — | 464 | #553 |
| 2006 | — | — | 512 | #507 |
| 2005 | — | — | 450 | #539 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,798 | 394 | #574 |
| 2003 | — | — | 373 | #587 |
| 2002 | — | — | 398 | #559 |
| 2001 | — | — | 357 | #577 |
| 2000 | — | — | 352 | #574 |
| 1999 | — | — | 370 | #547 |
| 1998 | — | — | 412 | #511 |
| 1997 | — | — | 347 | #555 |
| 1996 | — | — | 337 | #553 |
| 1995 | — | — | 317 | #574 |
| 1994 | — | — | 342 | #556 |
| 1993 | — | — | 188 | #764 |
| 1992 | — | — | 191 | #746 |
| 1991 | — | — | 206 | #707 |
| 1990 | — | — | 56 | #1,522 |
| 1989 | — | — | 56 | #1,484 |
| 1988 | — | — | 34 | #1,925 |
| 1987 | — | — | 41 | #1,670 |
| 1986 | — | — | 38 | #1,674 |
| 1985 | — | — | 23 | #2,321 |
| 1984 | — | — | 27 | #2,001 |
| 1983 | — | — | 17 | #2,711 |
| 1982 | — | — | 19 | #2,541 |
| 1981 | — | — | 19 | #2,523 |
| 1980 | — | — | 20 | #2,474 |
| 1979 | — | — | 22 | #2,262 |
| 1978 | — | — | 21 | #2,236 |
| 1977 | — | — | 13 | #3,091 |
| 1976 | — | — | 15 | #2,752 |
| 1975 | — | — | 27 | #1,807 |
| 1974 | — | — | 28 | #1,720 |
| 1973 | — | — | 25 | #1,793 |
| 1972 | — | — | 16 | #2,366 |
| 1971 | — | — | 39 | #1,360 |
| 1970 | — | — | 28 | #1,636 |
| 1969 | — | — | 23 | #1,744 |
| 1968 | — | — | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,936 |
| 1966 | — | — | 19 | #1,781 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1964 | — | — | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1963 | — | — | 21 | #1,764 |
| 1962 | — | — | 22 | #1,726 |
| 1961 | — | — | 28 | #1,537 |
| 1960 | — | — | 21 | #1,789 |
| 1959 | — | — | 15 | #2,150 |
| 1958 | — | — | 32 | #1,382 |
| 1957 | — | — | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1956 | — | — | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1955 | — | — | 17 | #1,929 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,361 |
| 1953 | — | — | 27 | #1,462 |
| 1952 | — | — | 8 | #2,956 |
| 1951 | — | — | 18 | #1,797 |
| 1950 | — | — | 16 | #1,909 |
| 1949 | — | — | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1948 | — | — | 13 | #2,157 |
| 1947 | — | — | 11 | #2,425 |
| 1946 | — | — | 13 | #2,074 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,467 |
| 1944 | — | — | 10 | #2,368 |
| 1943 | — | — | 10 | #2,463 |
| 1942 | — | — | 7 | #3,050 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1940 | — | — | 8 | #2,748 |
| 1939 | — | — | 8 | #2,698 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,248 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,767 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #2,991 |
| 1935 | — | — | 9 | #2,609 |
| 1934 | — | — | 8 | #2,830 |
| 1933 | — | — | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1932 | — | — | 25 | #1,404 |
| 1931 | — | — | 11 | #2,381 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,229 |
| 1929 | — | — | 12 | #2,381 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1927 | — | — | 14 | #2,231 |
| 1926 | — | — | 18 | #1,863 |
| 1925 | — | — | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1924 | — | — | 12 | #2,530 |
| 1923 | — | — | 6 | #3,989 |
| 1922 | — | — | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1921 | — | — | 12 | #2,545 |
| 1920 | — | — | 11 | #2,660 |
| 1919 | — | — | 15 | #2,096 |
| 1918 | — | — | 27 | #1,385 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,555 |
| 1916 | — | — | 20 | #1,615 |
| 1915 | — | — | 23 | #1,432 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,817 |
| 1913 | — | — | 21 | #1,127 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,385 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,689 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,203 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,478 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,102 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).