Gunda
Gunda was last recorded in 1930, when 5 babies were given it; 118 Americans have been recorded with it between 1887 and 1930 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gunda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gunda mean?
Wiktionary, German section
Gunda is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “battle” (gund).
Short form of compound given names containing the Old High German element gund (“battle”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, German section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gunda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #4,825, in 1930; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
12 babies in 1893, the peak
Gunda peaked in 1893, when 12 girls were given it, #879 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 5 | #4,825 | 4.4 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,153 | 5.8 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,720 | 4.8 |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,009 | 9.2 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,563 | 12.6 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,250 | 15.0 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,065 | 16.9 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,492 | 26.7 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,347 | 29.4 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,240 | 34.2 |
Every recorded year (17)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 6 | #1,409 | 26.9 |
| 1893 | 12 | #879 | 56.4 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,543 | 23.5 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,140 | 37.7 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,040 | 42.0 |
| 1889 | 8 | #983 | 44.9 |
| 1887 | 10 | #759 | 68.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Gunda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gunda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 17 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gunda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gunda, and how old are they?
Almost everyone recorded as Gunda was born before 1900, so the estimate of Americans with the name alive today rounds to none. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 136 people named Gunda (134 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2 born in the U.S. The Census count is 68.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Gunda and names like it
- The most given names of the 1890sGunda peaked in 1893.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Gunda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1893The year the most babies were named Gunda.
- Names starting with GMost given first.