Gunter
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 397since 1929
Gunter over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gunter has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
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| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
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| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
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| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
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| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
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| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
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First appearance
1929
The first year at least five boys were named Gunter! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1959, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gunter is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gunter in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gunter
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,635 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #9,714)
- 160 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #9,714)
- 4,425 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1964 at #3,282 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 112,750
- Highest: 1 in 112,750 boys born in 2015 were named Gunter (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,282 in 1964, was only 1 in 284,671 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 24.7% of all boys named Gunter (98) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,559 (1929) | #3,559 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 39 | #3,282 (1964) | #3,805 |
| 1970s | 12 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,532 |
| 1980s | 16 | #4,450 (1988) | #4,967 |
| 1990s | 96 | #4,451 (1997) | #5,534 |
| 2000s | 91 | #4,573 (2000) | #7,406 |
| 2010s | 98 | #5,289 (2015) | #8,243 |
| 2020s | 39 | #9,554 (2020) | #10,326 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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