Gunnar
Gunnar is ranked 600th among boys in 2024 (474 births). Its best rank was 382nd, in 2014.
- Rank in 2024
- #600down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4740.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2015825 births
- Best rank
- #382in 2014
- Since 1893
- 17,693people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,693 boys have been named Gunnar in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 825 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 382 → 600).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gunnar | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 159 | |
| 1920s | 138 | |
| 1930s | 109 | |
| 1940s | 102 | |
| 1950s | 183 | |
| 1960s | 218 | |
| 1970s | 234 | |
| 1980s | 294 | |
| 1990s | 2,766 | |
| 2000s | 4,268 | |
| 2010s | 6,681 | |
| 2020s | 2,524 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Gunnar was the 388th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Gunnar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bransonpeak 2014
- Kainpeak 2016
- Aleksanderpeak 2014
- Maximilianpeak 2016
- Tuckerpeak 2014
- Coltonpeak 2013
- Koltonpeak 2012
- Cainpeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.