Gunder

Boys' name

Fight, through Gunnar

Gunder has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1884. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1884, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Gunder, 1925

1 in 467,000

Gunder over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gunder: meaning, origin, and history

Fight, through Gunnar

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gunder means

Gunder belongs to the name family reached through Gunder → Gunnar → Gunnarr. Its meaning is “fight”.

Origin, language, and formation

Gunder is used in Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gunnar and Gunnarr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Gunder between 1884 and 1925. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1884; its best national rank was #1,040 in 1884.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gunder?

Gunder had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1925, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1925: 1 in 467,000; 5 of 2,333,232 births
Among boys only: 1 in 223,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1925: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 323,456 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gunder sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1925 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 323,456 children born in 1925 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gunder. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gunders were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gunder was born before 1912 — so the typical Gunder is around 113 today.

Median birth year: 1912; About 113 years old
Biggest decade: 1880s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 66.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1880s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Gunder rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1884 (5)
Years since peak: 141; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #1,040; 1884

Spellings of Gunder

Gunder is not the most common spelling — Hunter is, with 68.0% against Gunder's <0.01%.

Hunter68.0%262,238
Xander10.4%40,281
Zander7.5%28,750
Gunner6.1%23,486
Gunnar4.7%18,156
Ander1.2%4,549
Ender0.48%1,857
Vander0.47%1,828

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gunder by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,040; 1884
Peak year: 1884; 5 that year
First recorded: 1884
Last recorded: 1925
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gunder

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gunars Jeider Jaider Keyder Wonder Jayder Brander Wander Keider Guner Yeider Wryder Gunnarr Reider Rydder Avander Jeyder Linder Khader Isander Lyxander Yander Holder Gunar

Sibling names for Gunder

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lulu Maud Bess Maude Meta Hulda Lauretta Era

For a brother

Grover Will Garfield Dewey Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey

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