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How popular is the name Gunner?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gunners are alive today.
Gunner (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Gunnar in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2019, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2266th most popular that year. It has declined since 2019; the 2025 figure is roughly 33% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Gunnar you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Gunnars born in England and Wales are between 4 and 11, and there are at least 180 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Gunnar - on average, only one in every 1,684 such rooms contains a Gunnar.
How many babies are named Gunner each year?
Includes all spellings: Gunner, Gunnar. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Gunner spelling rank?
Where does the Gunnar spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gunner most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Gunnar, peaked in 2018, when 17 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Gunner spelling itself peaked in 2019, with 9 babies.
How many people are called Gunner?
At least 180 people named Gunner in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gunner?
Most living Gunners are between 4 and 11; the most common age is about 7.
Is Gunner becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2018 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.