Gunther
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GUN-ther
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Gunther is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “battle army, warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Gunther mean?
Germanic: from gund 'war' and heri 'army'
“battle army, warrior”
King Gunther of the Burgundians is a central figure in the medieval German epic the Nibelungenlied.
Is Gunther a girl's or a boy's name?
Gunther is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gunther in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Gunther, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1995, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Gunther in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gunther in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Names like Gunther
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hunter, Asher, Skyler, Parker, Walker, Garrett, Cooper, Carter, Tyler, Tucker, Kyler, Grayson
Names related to Gunther
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Gunther: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gunther, updated 20 October 2026.