Gunter — #12506 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gunter

The Social Security Administration has registered 390 babies named Gunter between 1929 and 2024, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gunter currently holds the #12506 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gunter performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gunter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gunter in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gunter 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 390 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.