How Many People Are Named Gunnar?
people named Gunnar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,688 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,178 babies named Gunnar in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
830 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior" (making it a cognate of GÜNTHER). In Norse legend Gunnar was the husband of Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law Sigurd murdered based on his wife's false accusations that Sigurd had taken her virginity.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Gunnar (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gunnar alive today is about 17 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gunnar first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 2015, to 830 babies. In 2025, 462 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gunnar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #382, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #612.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #612 |
| Best rank | #382 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #444 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gunnar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gunnar were born in California than in any other state: about 1,354 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gunnar was given 4.4 times as often in North Dakota, 2.7 times in Alaska and 2.7 times in Minnesota.
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