Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Gunner was most popular in 2015, when 1,597 American babies were given the name — ranking #454 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,014, with 597 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 23,508 people named Gunner.
Gunner first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 56 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 23,508 American births named Gunner between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 23,258 are estimated to be alive today.
597 American babies were named Gunner in 2025, ranking #1,014 that year.
Gunner is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 751 births a year, against 1,362 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -45% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Gunner is a boy’s name — 0.1% of the 23,508 Americans given it were girls and 99.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 23,258 Americans named Gunner are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 7 and 16. That is a narrow band because Gunner is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org