Gunner
Boy · GUN-er · English
Gunner is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “artillery soldier”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 506th for boys in the US (597 babies).
What does Gunner mean?
English: the English word, also a spelling of Gunnar
“artillery soldier”
Also used as a spelling of Gunnar, from Old Norse gunnr 'war' and herr 'army'.
- Say it
- GUN-er
Is Gunner a girl's or a boy's name?
Gunner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 597 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gunner in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Gunner, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Gunner than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Gunner in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Gunner in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
How popular is Gunner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #506among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 597about 1 in 2,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 597 boys in the US were named Gunner, making it the 506th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 308th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 1,591 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Gunner in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,059 boys in the US were given Gunner or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #332, up from #506 for this spelling alone.
- Gunner 597
- Gunnar 462
Gunner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 597 | #506 |
| 2024 | 591 | #518 |
| 2023 | 711 | #437 |
| 2022 | 830 | #386 |
| 2021 | 1,021 | #324 |
| 2020 | 1,071 | #308 |
| 2019 | 1,175 | #294 |
| 2018 | 1,251 | #281 |
| 2017 | 1,394 | #262 |
| 2016 | 1,453 | #251 |
| 2015 | 1,591 | #239 |
| 2014 | 1,578 | #235 |
| 2013 | 1,514 | #239 |
| 2012 | 1,203 | #293 |
| 2011 | 911 | #333 |
| 2010 | 798 | #368 |
| 2009 | 745 | #398 |
| 2008 | 585 | #472 |
| 2007 | 525 | #501 |
| 2006 | 426 | #579 |
| 2005 | 358 | #620 |
| 2004 | 364 | #597 |
| 2003 | 326 | #629 |
| 2002 | 305 | #637 |
| 2001 | 272 | #668 |
| 2000 | 244 | #714 |
| 1999 | 219 | #738 |
| 1998 | 256 | #666 |
| 1997 | 210 | #731 |
| 1996 | 177 | #809 |
| 1995 | 203 | #754 |
| 1994 | 152 | #869 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,192 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,158 |
| 1991 | 97 | #1,107 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
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