The name Gunnar is of Scandinavian origin, and means battle.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gunnar has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Gunnar
Use of the Name Gunnar for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,572
4,572
4,572
3,646
1,864
759
386
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gunnar has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Gunnar first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1991, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Gunnar
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1991
706
206
1992
746
191
1993
762
188
1994
555
341
1995
575
318
1996
553
336
1997
556
347
1998
511
411
1999
546
370
2000
573
352
2001
574
357
2002
558
396
2003
587
373
2004
575
386
Totals:
4,572
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Gunnar as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Gunnar appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 14 times during the last 125 years.