Gunnar is an established boys' name that peaked in 2015 and has grown less common since.
Gunnar is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #612 for boy births in the United States (and #1,244 across all names), given to 462 babies. Gunnar was first reported in SSA data in 1893 and peaked in 2015 (825 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 | 462 | — | #612 |
| 2024 | 476 | 476 | — | #598 |
| 2023 | 478 | 478 | — | #593 |
| 2022 | 486 | 486 | — | #589 |
| 2021 | 545 | 545 | — | #541 |
| 2020 | 542 | 542 | — | #527 |
| 2019 | 581 | 581 | #16,396 | #497 |
| 2018 | 621 | 621 | — | #469 |
| 2017 | 707 | 707 | — | #439 |
| 2016 | 804 | 804 | #14,987 | #400 |
| 2015 | 830 | 830 | #17,401 | #388 |
| 2014 | 816 | 816 | — | #382 |
| 2013 | 758 | 758 | — | #397 |
| 2012 | 603 | 603 | — | #450 |
| 2011 | 520 | 520 | — | #501 |
| 2010 | 457 | 457 | — | #554 |
| 2009 | 480 | 480 | — | #550 |
| 2008 | 488 | 488 | — | #540 |
| 2007 | 464 | 464 | — | #553 |
| 2006 | 512 | 512 | — | #507 |
| 2005 | 450 | 450 | — | #539 |
| 2004 | 400 | 400 | #14,798 | #574 |
| 2003 | 373 | 373 | — | #587 |
| 2002 | 398 | 398 | — | #559 |
| 2001 | 357 | 357 | — | #577 |
| 2000 | 352 | 352 | — | #574 |
| 1999 | 370 | 370 | — | #547 |
| 1998 | 412 | 412 | — | #511 |
| 1997 | 347 | — | — | #555 |
| 1996 | 337 | — | — | #553 |
| 1995 | 317 | — | — | #574 |
| 1994 | 342 | — | — | #556 |
| 1993 | 188 | — | — | #764 |
| 1992 | 191 | — | — | #746 |
| 1991 | 206 | — | — | #707 |
| 1990 | 56 | — | — | #1,522 |
| 1989 | 56 | — | — | #1,484 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | — | #1,925 |
| 1987 | 41 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1986 | 38 | — | — | #1,674 |
| 1985 | 23 | — | — | #2,321 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | — | #2,001 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | — | #2,711 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | — | #2,541 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | — | #2,523 |
| 1980 | 20 | — | — | #2,474 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | — | #2,262 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | — | #2,236 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | — | #3,091 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | — | #2,752 |
| 1975 | 27 | — | — | #1,807 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | — | #1,720 |
| 1973 | 25 | — | — | #1,793 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | — | #2,366 |
| 1971 | 39 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1970 | 28 | — | — | #1,636 |
| 1969 | 23 | — | — | #1,744 |
| 1968 | 27 | — | — | #1,527 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | — | #1,936 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | — | #1,781 |
| 1965 | 18 | — | — | #1,885 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | — | #1,758 |
| 1963 | 21 | — | — | #1,764 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | — | #1,726 |
| 1961 | 28 | — | — | #1,537 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | — | #1,789 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | — | #2,150 |
| 1958 | 32 | — | — | #1,382 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | — | #2,129 |
| 1956 | 22 | — | — | #1,694 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | — | #1,929 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | — | #2,361 |
| 1953 | 27 | — | — | #1,462 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | — | #2,956 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | — | #1,797 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | — | #1,909 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | — | #2,390 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | — | #2,157 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | — | #2,425 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | — | #2,074 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | — | #2,467 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | — | #2,368 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | — | #2,463 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | — | #3,050 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | — | #2,402 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | — | #2,748 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,698 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | — | #2,248 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | — | #2,767 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #2,991 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,609 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | — | #2,830 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | — | #2,620 |
| 1932 | 25 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | — | #2,381 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | — | #2,229 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | — | #2,381 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | — | #2,090 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | — | #2,231 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | — | #1,863 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | — | #1,603 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | — | #2,530 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | — | #3,989 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | — | #2,184 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | — | #2,545 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | — | #2,660 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | — | #2,096 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | — | #1,385 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | — | #1,555 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | — | #1,615 |
| 1915 | 23 | — | — | #1,432 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | — | #1,817 |
| 1913 | 21 | — | — | #1,127 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | — | #1,385 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,689 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,478 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,102 |