Gunner — #520 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gunner

The Social Security Administration has registered 22,874 babies named Gunner between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gunner currently holds the #520 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 1,589 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gunner performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12,862 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gunner shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,258 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Gunner in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gunner 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 22,874 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.