Gunther
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,098since 1924
Gunther over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gunther has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #4,780 | 20 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #3,982 | 26 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
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| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
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| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five boys were named Gunther! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1935, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gunther is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gunther in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gunther
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 966 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #5,399)
- 1,124 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #5,399)
- 1,417 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1931 at #1,843 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 2 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 59,491
- Highest: 1 in 59,491 boys born in 1995 were named Gunther (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,843 in 1931, was only 1 in 64,979 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 21.7% of all boys named Gunther (238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 56 | #1,848 (1929) | #3,217 |
| 1930s | 76 | #1,843 (1931) | #2,607 |
| 1940s | 18 | #2,871 (1940) | #3,188 |
| 1950s | 31 | #2,592 (1954) | #3,127 |
| 1960s | 92 | #2,115 (1963) | #2,589 |
| 1970s | 72 | #2,739 (1970) | #4,225 |
| 1980s | 70 | #3,959 (1987) | #4,627 |
| 1990s | 238 | #2,400 (1995) | #3,090 |
| 2000s | 155 | #4,322 (2002) | #5,358 |
| 2010s | 180 | #3,982 (2015) | #5,214 |
| 2020s | 110 | #4,275 (2020) | #5,345 |
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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