Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gunnar

#862 most common boys' name of all time · #1,974 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1893–2025

Rank among boys
#862
Rank overall
#1,974 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
18,178
Since 2016
5,702
Peak year
2015 #388
Best rank
#382 2014
Girls Boys peak 830/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gunnar first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 462 462 #612
2024 — 476 476 #598
2023 — 478 478 #593
2022 — 486 486 #589
2021 — 545 545 #541
2020 — 542 542 #527
2019 5 576 581 #498
2018 — 621 621 #469
2017 — 707 707 #439
2016 6 798 804 #400
2015 5 825 830 #388
2014 — 816 816 #382
2013 — 758 758 #396
2012 — 603 603 #451
2011 — 520 520 #500
2010 — 457 457 #555
2009 — 480 480 #550
2008 — 488 488 #541
2007 — 464 464 #553
2006 — 512 512 #507
2005 — 450 450 #539
2004 6 394 400 #574
2003 — 373 373 #586
2002 — 398 398 #558
2001 — 357 357 #577
2000 — 352 352 #574
1999 — 370 370 #547
1998 — 412 412 #511
1997 — 347 347 #555
1996 — 337 337 #553
1995 — 317 317 #574
1994 — 342 342 #556
1993 — 188 188 #763
1992 — 191 191 #747
1991 — 206 206 #705
1990 — 56 56 #1,518
1989 — 56 56 #1,481
1988 — 34 34 #1,913
1987 — 41 41 #1,661
1986 — 38 38 #1,671
1985 — 23 23 #2,304
1984 — 27 27 #1,993
1983 — 17 17 #2,700
1982 — 19 19 #2,532
1981 — 19 19 #2,510
1980 — 20 20 #2,459
1979 — 22 22 #2,251
1978 — 21 21 #2,227
1977 — 13 13 #3,072
1976 — 15 15 #2,734
1975 — 27 27 #1,798
1974 — 28 28 #1,707
1973 — 25 25 #1,788
1972 — 16 16 #2,349
1971 — 39 39 #1,369
1970 — 28 28 #1,629
1969 — 23 23 #1,741
1968 — 27 27 #1,524
1967 — 17 17 #1,931
1966 — 19 19 #1,779
1965 — 18 18 #1,880
1964 — 21 21 #1,747
1963 — 21 21 #1,765
1962 — 22 22 #1,730
1961 — 28 28 #1,536
1960 — 21 21 #1,787
1959 — 15 15 #2,148
1958 — 32 32 #1,387
1957 — 15 15 #2,129
1956 — 22 22 #1,697
1955 — 17 17 #1,935
1954 — 12 12 #2,365
1953 — 27 27 #1,469
1952 — 8 8 #2,942
1951 — 18 18 #1,805
1950 — 16 16 #1,906
1949 — 11 11 #2,384
1948 — 13 13 #2,155
1947 — 11 11 #2,401
1946 — 13 13 #2,067
1945 — 9 9 #2,453
1944 — 10 10 #2,362
1943 — 10 10 #2,462
1942 — 7 7 #3,013
1941 — 10 10 #2,396
1940 — 8 8 #2,730
1939 — 8 8 #2,666
1938 — 11 11 #2,238
1937 — 8 8 #2,747
1936 — 7 7 #2,925
1935 — 9 9 #2,593
1934 — 8 8 #2,817
1933 — 9 9 #2,605
1932 — 25 25 #1,407
1931 — 11 11 #2,381
1930 — 13 13 #2,225
1929 — 12 12 #2,364
1928 — 15 15 #2,104
1927 — 14 14 #2,237
1926 — 18 18 #1,880
1925 — 23 23 #1,609
1924 — 12 12 #2,525
1923 — 6 6 #3,896
1922 — 15 15 #2,184
1921 — 12 12 #2,544
1920 — 11 11 #2,650
1919 — 15 15 #2,101
1918 — 27 27 #1,395
1917 — 22 22 #1,562
1916 — 20 20 #1,622
1915 — 23 23 #1,430
1914 — 13 13 #1,819
1913 — 21 21 #1,142
1912 — 13 13 #1,396
1910 — 5 5 #1,720
1909 — 7 7 #1,252
1908 — 5 5 #1,505
1893 — 5 5 #1,166