Gunnar
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Gunnar
A key figure in Norse legend and a traditional Scandinavian favorite making inroads here.
Gunnar is also given to girls.
Pronounced GUN-ar.
As of October 2026, Gunnar ranked #612 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #382 in 2014.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #382 | 816 | 424.8 |
| 2015 | #388 | 825 | 430.4 |
| 2016 | #400 | 798 | 420.5 |
| 2017 | #439 | 707 | 382 |
| 2018 | #469 | 621 | 341.9 |
| 2019 | #497 | 576 | 321 |
| 2020 | #527 | 542 | 314 |
| 2021 | #541 | 545 | 311.5 |
| 2022 | #590 | 485 | 277.8 |
| 2023 | #593 | 478 | 279.4 |
| 2024 | #600 | 474 | 275.1 |
| 2025 | #612 | 462 | 270.5 |
World rankings
Gunnar for boys
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Gunnar on lists
Famous Gunnars
- Gunnar SizemoreBoy
American voice actor
- Gunnar Hámundarson aka Gunnar of HlíðarendiBoy
Icelandic chieftain
- Gunnar NelsonBoy
Icelandic mixed martial artist
- Gunnar EinarssonBoy
Icelandic footballer
- Gunnar PetersonBoy
American celebrity physical trainer
- (Karl) Gunnar MyrdalBoy
Swedish economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- (Johan) Gunnar GrenBoy
Swedish footballer
- Gunnar VingrenBoy
Swedish Pentecostal missionary
- Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann SønstebyBoy
leader of the Norwegian resistance in WWII
- Gunnar NilssonBoy
Swedish racing driver
- (Nils) Gunnar NordahlBoy
Swedish footballer
- Gunnar HeinsohnBoy
German author and sociologist
- Gunnar DeatherageBoy
American fashion designer and contestant on "Project Runway"
- Gunnar Eric NelsonBoy
American musician, son of actor/musician Ricky Nelson, twin brother of Matthew Gray Nelson
- Gunnar Esiason (b. 1991)Boy
son of NFL player Boomer Esiason
- Gunnar Tiga Peterson (b. 2000)Boy
son of reality TV personality Gervase Peterson ("Survivor")
- Gunnar Flowers (b. 2009)Boy
son of singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers
- Gunnar West Montana (b. 2014)Boy
son of country singer Randy Montana
- Gunnar Carmack Gray (b. 2015)Boy
son of baseball player Sonny Gray
- Gunnar Knox Klinkhammer (b. 2015)Boy
son of ice hockey player Rob Klinkhammer
Gunnar in pop culture
- Gunnar ScottBoy
character on TV show "Nashville"
- GunnarBoy
character from the TV series "Sinbad"