first name
GUNNAR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,805 people named Gunnar, 87.8% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gunnar peaked in 2015, when 830 babies got the name.
At least 18,178 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gunnar by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #922. The largest share of babies named Gunnar, 44.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gunnar is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gunnar has been most common in Alaska (3.7×), Washington (3.2×), and North Dakota (2.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.29×).
15,434 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gunnar, most common first.
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