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“battle + army”
01 / Meaning & origin
Gunther is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish, German and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to German Gunther. English Wiktionary gives the components battle + army.
Separate records with matching spellings: Günther (Danish, German)
3 source accounts
Meaning: “battle + army”
Borrowed from German Gunther. Compare variants: Gunter, Günter, Guenter, Günther, Guenther, Ginter, Ginther.
Meaning: “battle” + “army”
From Old High German gund (“battle”) + heri (“army”), from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz. Name of a king in the Nibelungenlied, and of a medieval German saint.
zusammengesetzt aus gund ^(→ goh) und heri ^(→ goh)
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 17 boys (rank 5399). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Gunther
Recorded category boys
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,347 | observed |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,197 | observed |
| 1926 | 6 | 3,708 | observed |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,151 | observed |
| 1928 | 15 | 2,048 | observed |
| 1929 | 17 | 1,848 | observed |
| 1930 | 10 | 2,609 | observed |
| 1931 | 16 | 1,843 | observed |
| 1932 | 9 | 2,638 | observed |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,004 | observed |
| 1934 | 13 | 2,022 | observed |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,147 | observed |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | 9 | 2,479 | observed |
| 1939 | 6 | 3,113 | observed |
| 1940 | 7 | 2,871 | observed |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,133 | observed |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,560 | observed |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | 10 | 2,592 | observed |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,535 | observed |
| 1957 | 9 | 2,822 | observed |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,559 | observed |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,356 | observed |
| 1962 | 10 | 2,673 | observed |
| 1963 | 15 | 2,115 | observed |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | 12 | 2,366 | observed |
| 1966 | 14 | 2,132 | observed |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,559 | observed |
| 1968 | 14 | 2,200 | observed |
| 1969 | 14 | 2,308 | observed |
| 1970 | 12 | 2,739 | observed |
| 1971 | 9 | 3,370 | observed |
| 1972 | 12 | 2,819 | observed |
| 1973 | 10 | 3,223 | observed |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,227 | observed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | 6 | 4,935 | observed |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,582 | observed |
| 1978 | 5 | 5,772 | observed |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,355 | observed |
| 1980 | 7 | 4,940 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,141 | observed |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,561 | observed |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,698 | observed |
| 1986 | 9 | 4,457 | observed |
| 1987 | 11 | 3,959 | observed |
| 1988 | 10 | 4,450 | observed |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,811 | observed |
| 1990 | 13 | 4,167 | observed |
| 1991 | 15 | 3,813 | observed |
| 1992 | 26 | 2,670 | observed |
| 1993 | 24 | 2,865 | observed |
| 1994 | 18 | 3,596 | observed |
| 1995 | 32 | 2,400 | observed |
| 1996 | 25 | 2,911 | observed |
| 1997 | 30 | 2,613 | observed |
| 1998 | 27 | 2,926 | observed |
| 1999 | 28 | 2,939 | observed |
| 2000 | 15 | 4,785 | observed |
| 2001 | 17 | 4,476 | observed |
| 2002 | 18 | 4,322 | observed |
| 2003 | 18 | 4,426 | observed |
| 2004 | 18 | 4,602 | observed |
| 2005 | 18 | 4,631 | observed |
| 2006 | 14 | 5,781 | observed |
| 2007 | 16 | 5,434 | observed |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,324 | observed |
| 2009 | 12 | 6,802 | observed |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,087 | observed |
| 2011 | 17 | 5,200 | observed |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,533 | observed |
| 2013 | 14 | 5,923 | observed |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,252 | observed |
| 2015 | 26 | 3,982 | observed |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,943 | observed |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,746 | observed |
| 2018 | 19 | 4,918 | observed |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,555 | observed |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,275 | observed |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,780 | observed |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,445 | observed |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,738 | observed |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,433 | observed |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,399 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Gunther” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
German anatomist (1945–2026)
American composer and conductor (1925–2015)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
