Boy
Gunner
Gunner is a boy's name meaning "battle warrior". It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. It has shown up in U.S. birth records across 5 of the last twelve decades.
Old NorseOld Norse "gunnr" (war) + "arr" (warrior)
EtymologyMeaning "battle warrior"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
0
1970s
37
1980s
96
1990s
1,512
2000s
4,147
2010s
10,416
Peaked in the 2010s · 16,208 total U.S. births since 1900