Gunnison
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GUN-ih-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Gunnison is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Gunnison mean?
English: English surname, also a Colorado place name
From an English surname; the Gunnison River and town in Colorado are named after the surveyor John W. Gunnison.
Is Gunnison a girl's or a boy's name?
Gunnison is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gunnison in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Gunnison, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Gunnison in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gunnison in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Gunnison
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Anderson Colson Easton Emerson Stetson Grayson Harrison Wesson Kingston Jameson Lawson
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gunnison: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gunnison, updated 20 October 2026.