Gunther

boys:

1.1k births since 1924

#3534 (23rd percentile)

overall:

1.1k births since 1924

#6677 (14th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Gunther is the #6,677 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,062 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 13.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,534 (22.9% percentile) for all time with 1,062 births since 1924.

Gunther first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (first recorded for boys in 1924). Birth data for Gunther is available in 81 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Gunther reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #773) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Gunther ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 34.3% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gunther".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
1,062
Peak Births
32
Peak Year
1995
First Recorded
1924
Peak Percentile
3.4%
Current Percentile
0.5%
Peak Rank
#773
Current Rank
#906
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Gunther

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Gunther. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 69.8% confident that Gunther is pronounced as GUHN-ther, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GUHN-ther, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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GUHN-ther (2 syllables)
Verified
69.8% confidence
G AH1 N TH ER0
GUHN-ther (2 syllables)
16.3% confidence
G AH1 N DH ER0
GOON-ther (2 syllables)
14.0% confidence
G UH1 N TH ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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