Boys' name · since 1999
Gunnison
108 babies named Gunnison in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,917 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,592 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
108 babies have been named Gunnison since 1999, making it today's #8592 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gunnison has been recorded 108 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #8592 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #16,917 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,592 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 108 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gunnison ranks #16,917 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,592 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 108 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,917 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,592 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gunnison's 108 recorded births place it above 62.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gunnison compares
108 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gunnison's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gunnison | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 108 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gunnison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gunnison splits its recorded history at 2015: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gunnison popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Gunnison by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Gunnison's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Gunnison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gunnison's data
- Gunnison's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gunnison: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gunnison draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.