Gunnar
Boy · GUN-ar · Old Norse
Gunnar is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “battle warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 612th for boys in the US (462 babies).
What does Gunnar mean?
Old Norse
“battle warrior”
Old Norse name; Gunnar of Hlíðarendi is a hero of the Icelandic Njáls saga.
- Say it
- GUN-ar
Is Gunnar a girl's or a boy's name?
Gunnar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 462 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gunnar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Gunnar, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gunnar than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Gunnar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Gunnar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Gunnar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #612among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 462about 1 in 3,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 462 boys in the US were named Gunnar, making it the 612th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 526th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 825 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gunnar than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Gunnar in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,059 boys in the US were given Gunnar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #332, up from #612 for this spelling alone.
- Gunner 597
- Gunnar 462
Gunnar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 | #612 |
| 2024 | 476 | #598 |
| 2023 | 478 | #593 |
| 2022 | 486 | #589 |
| 2021 | 545 | #541 |
| 2020 | 542 | #526 |
| 2019 | 576 | #497 |
| 2018 | 621 | #468 |
| 2017 | 707 | #439 |
| 2016 | 798 | #400 |
| 2015 | 825 | #388 |
| 2014 | 816 | #382 |
| 2013 | 758 | #396 |
| 2012 | 603 | #450 |
| 2011 | 520 | #499 |
| 2010 | 457 | #553 |
| 2009 | 480 | #550 |
| 2008 | 488 | #540 |
| 2007 | 464 | #553 |
| 2006 | 512 | #507 |
| 2005 | 450 | #539 |
| 2004 | 394 | #574 |
| 2003 | 373 | #586 |
| 2002 | 398 | #558 |
| 2001 | 357 | #576 |
| 2000 | 352 | #574 |
| 1999 | 370 | #547 |
| 1998 | 412 | #511 |
| 1997 | 347 | #555 |
| 1996 | 337 | #553 |
| 1995 | 317 | #573 |
| 1994 | 342 | #554 |
| 1993 | 188 | #761 |
| 1992 | 191 | #744 |
| 1991 | 206 | #701 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,471 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,352 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,743 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,771 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,454 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,372 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
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