Hunner
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HUN-er
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Hunner is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Hunner come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Hunter
Is Hunner a girl's or a boy's name?
Hunner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hunner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Hunner, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Hunner in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hunner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Hunner
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Kyler Ryker Ryder Jayden Jamir Asher Hunter Bridger Walker Braylen Zayden
More Modern names
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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, “Hunner: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hunner, updated 20 October 2026.