How Many People Are Named Gunner?

23,263

people named Gunner are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 14,692 people in the US has this name

Based on 23,508 babies named Gunner in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,486

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#629

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Peak Year

2015

1,597 births

Trend

↓

Declining (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.1%
Male
99.9%

Almost all of the babies given the name Gunner (99.9%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Gunner alive today is about 12 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 15 in 2025.

Under 30 22,511
96.8%
30 to 59 753
3.2%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Gunner first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2015, to 1,597 babies. In 2025, 597 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.

Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Gunner has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #235, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #506.

Boys
Rank in 2025#506
Best rank#235 (2014)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#279 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Gunner alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Gunner were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,303 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gunner was given 3.9 times as often in Arkansas, 3.9 times in Oklahoma and 3.8 times in West Virginia.

Texas 2,303
California 1,314
Ohio 1,135
Oklahoma 1,022
Tennessee 951
Georgia 871
Florida 863
Missouri 863
Kentucky 833
North Carolina 790
Indiana 759
Arkansas 721
Alabama 601
Pennsylvania 599
Michigan 576
Illinois 544
Louisiana 536
Arizona 509
Washington 490
Virginia 457
Kansas 435
Utah 435
West Virginia 404
Colorado 368
Iowa 359
New York 346
Mississippi 342
Wisconsin 323
South Carolina 285
Minnesota 272
Oregon 252
Idaho 192
Nebraska 174
Maryland 163
Nevada 116
Montana 92
New Jersey 82
North Dakota 63
Massachusetts 62
South Dakota 58
Maine 55
New Mexico 52
Alaska 41
Connecticut 32
Wyoming 30
New Hampshire 25
Hawaii 24

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