How rare is the name Gunner?

17,163 people in the United States have the first name Gunner, about 1 in 17,598. It ranks #1,759 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GUNNER

#1,759

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,163
About
1 in 17,598
This common or more
76.8%
Who bears it

Of the 17,163 people named Gunner, 87.1% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% 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.

Gunner peaked in 2015, when 1,597 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
1,597
In 2025*
597 ▼63%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 23,508 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Gunner by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #538. The largest share of babies named Gunner, 63%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#13,61537
1980s#10,21097
1990s#2,0541,513
2000s#1,2284,150
2010s#53812,884
2020s#7974,827
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–963.9%
Generation Z 1997–1233%
2013 and later63%

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 Gunner is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gunner has been most common in Oklahoma (3.4×), Arkansas (3×), and Utah (2.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.11×).

22,026 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.

Either side of Gunner

#1,757 Khalil · 17,176#1,758 Wei · 17,173#1,760 Girl · 17,156#1,761 Joseluis · 17,153

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gunner, most common first.

#1,993 Gunnar · 13,805#49,173 Guner · 127

Also a last name

As a last name, Gunner ranks #31,440 of 156,621, with 789 people. See Gunner as a last name

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