NameTides

Gunnar

Gunnar was the #612 boys' name in the US in 2025 (462 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Gunnar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Gunnar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Gunnar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#612 (462)#3,256 (6)—#1,251 (19)
2024#598 (476)#2,444 (9)—#871 (29)
2023#593 (478)#1,907 (12)#728 (3)#886 (27)
2022#589 (486)#1,880 (12)#590 (4)#787 (32)
2021#541 (545)#1,860 (12)—#596 (47)
2020#526 (542)#1,935 (11)—#639 (40)
2019#497 (576)#2,728 (7)—#574 (47)
2018#468 (621)#1,786 (13)—#544 (50)
2017#439 (707)#3,040 (6)—#489 (58)
2016#400 (798)#2,556 (8)—#558 (49)
2015#388 (825)#3,373 (5)—#659 (39)
2014#382 (816)#4,632 (3)—#747 (32)
2013#396 (758)#3,822 (4)—#1,164 (17)
2012#450 (603)——#885 (25)
2011#499 (520)——#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #388.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1893.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gunnar is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gunnar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #364WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #357MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #620NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #489PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #420CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: #330MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #845TXFlorida: #729FL
Gunnar (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Gunnar (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GunnarCanadaBoys#1,25119
GunnarEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
GunnarNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GunnarScotlandBoys—too few
GunnarUSGirls—too few
GunnarUSBoys#612462