NameTides

Gunner

Gunner was the #506 boys' name in the US in 2025 (597 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Gunner as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Gunner as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Gunner as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#506 (597)#5,137 (3)#1,083 (23)
2024#518 (591)#4,271 (4)#1,306 (17)
2023#437 (711)#4,108 (4)#1,192 (18)
2022#386 (830)#4,002 (4)#833 (30)
2021#324 (1,021)#4,789 (3)#875 (28)
2020#308 (1,071)#3,334 (5)#619 (41)
2019#294 (1,175)#2,266 (9)#594 (45)
2018#281 (1,251)#3,959 (4)#461 (60)
2017#262 (1,394)#3,040 (6)#596 (44)
2016#251 (1,453)—#653 (40)
2015#239 (1,591)—#734 (34)
2014#235 (1,578)#3,362 (5)#699 (36)
2013#239 (1,514)—#920 (24)
2012#293 (1,203)—#966 (22)
2011#333 (911)—#926 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #239.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 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 2,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gunner is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gunner by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #439OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #683CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #189ARTennessee: #244TNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: #201MSAlabama: #238ALGeorgia: #322GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #502TXFlorida: #569FL
Gunner (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

Gunner (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
GunnerCanadaBoys#1,08323
GunnerEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
GunnerUSGirls—too few
GunnerUSBoys#506597