# Gunnar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gunnar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,178 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,156 / 22 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 115, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 14,798 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,401 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,987 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,396 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 520 | 501 |
| 2012 | 603 | 450 |
| 2013 | 758 | 397 |
| 2014 | 816 | 382 |
| 2015 | 825 | 388 |
| 2016 | 798 | 400 |
| 2017 | 707 | 439 |
| 2018 | 621 | 469 |
| 2019 | 576 | 497 |
| 2020 | 542 | 527 |
| 2021 | 545 | 541 |
| 2022 | 486 | 589 |
| 2023 | 478 | 593 |
| 2024 | 476 | 598 |
| 2025 | 462 | 612 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Gunnar

- Gunnar Knudsen, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1928)
- Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
- Gunnar Höckert, Finnish runner (1910–1940)
- Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist (1881–1923)
- Gunnar Asmussen, Danish olympic cyclist, born 1944
- Gunnar Sauer, German footballer
- Gunnar Åkerlund, Canoe racer (1923–2006)
- Gunnar Olsson, actor and director (1904–1983)
- Gunnar Samuelsson, cross-country skier (1927-2007)
- Gunnar Olsson, Canoe racer
- Gunnar Berndtson, Finnish painter (1854-1895)
- Gunnar Seidenfaden, Danish botanist and diplomat (1908-2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.