Gunner

What Gunner means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Gunner yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #239 in 2015, #506 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Gunner?

US: Falling: down from #239 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 1,591 boys got the name (#239 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 2,861 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 90,645 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AR (1.51 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.46 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Gunner is #506 in the US and #5137 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Gunner were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Gunnar462 US · 6 E&W
• Conner277 US · 5 E&W
• Konner42 US
• Kenner15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Gunner

Boys

• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Damian#109“to tame”^*

For a sister

• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Genesis#66“creation, beginning, origin”^*
• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Presley#225“priest + wood, clearing”^*
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Gunner’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.