Gunter
Boy · GUN-ter · Germanic
Gunter is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “battle army, warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Gunter mean?
Germanic: German form of Gunther
“battle army, warrior”
Gunther, a Burgundian king, appears in the medieval German epic the Nibelungenlied.
- Say it
- GUN-ter
Is Gunter a girl's or a boy's name?
Gunter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gunter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Gunter, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the boys named Gunter in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gunter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
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