Gunnard — boys' name
67 babies named Gunnard in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Gunnard was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Gunnard in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gunnard
The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Gunnard between 1913 and 1923, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gunnard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1923. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gunnard performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gunnard shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gunnard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 67 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gunnard at a glance
Last recorded 1923Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gunnard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1913
- Peak year (1916)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1923.
67 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 13 births in a single year.
Gunnard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 47 births that decade — 70% of Gunnard's all-time total
Gunnard decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Gunnard's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.