Gunn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gunn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gunn: Recorded since 1945, it reached #15 in 1954, and it was last ranked in 2005.

1registrar recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#15highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for
7names it appears alongside

What stands out in Gunn's record

Held a top-100 place for 37 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 60 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2005

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#53
1946	#45
1947	#38
1948	#42
1949	#42
1950	#40
1951	#35
1952	#30
1953	#21
1954	#15
1955	#16
1956	#17
1957	#16
1958	#18
1959	#20
1960	#21
1961	#24
1962	#25
1963	#27
1964	#28
1965	#26
1966	#28
1967	#31
1968	#27
1969	#32
1970	#39
1971	#39
1972	#46
1973	#50
1974	#45
1975	#62
1976	#66
1977	#68
1978	#74
1979	#84
1980	#90
1981	#93
1982	#107
1983	#102
1984	#141
1985	#128
1986	#151
1987	#190
1988	#190
1989	#223
1990	#236
1991	#300
1992	#288
1993	#279
1994	#237
1995	#360
1996	#330
1997	#389
1998	#365
1999	#328
2000	#421
2001	#447
2002	#410
2003	#548
2005	#546

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 60 of the 61 years from 1945 to 2005.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2005 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #53 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2005
Highest recorded position: #15 among girls in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1945–2005).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #546 among girls in Norway, in 2005.
Norway · Girls

Gunn by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gunn in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	784	5 of 10	157
1950sbusiest	3,086	10 of 10	309
1960s	3,062	10 of 10	306
1970s	1,522	10 of 10	152
1980s	526	10 of 10	53
1990s	148	10 of 10	15
2000s	33	5 of 10	7

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 309 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gunn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #15 in Norway in 1954.

Gunn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2005	Norway	female	#546	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#548	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#410	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#447	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#421	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#328	12	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#365	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#389	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#330	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#360	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#237	21	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#279	17	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#288	16	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#300	16	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#236	24	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#223	26	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#190	33	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#190	33	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#151	45	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#128	53	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#141	48	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#102	69	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#107	61	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#93	78	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#90	80	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#84	90	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#74	103	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#68	110	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#66	114	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#62	129	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#45	176	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#50	168	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#46	184	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#39	229	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#39	219	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#32	273	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#27	322	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#31	285	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#28	301	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#26	305	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#28	298	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#27	307	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#25	326	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#24	307	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#21	338	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#20	342	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#18	350	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#16	334	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#17	346	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#16	342	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#15	371	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#21	308	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#30	273	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#35	239	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#40	181	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#42	168	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#42	163	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#38	186	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#45	155	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#53	112	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2005, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #15, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 37 years, 37 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 371 births, registered in Norway in 1954.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gunes · #3970, 9y
Gunhild · #75, 78y
Gunnar · #10, 81y
Gunnbjørg · #203, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Torill · #16, 55y
Ulrik · #14, 56y
Grethe · #13, 60y
Ludvig · #13, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ellen · #15, 81y
Else · #15, 80y
Erik · #15, 81y
Jonathan · #15, 70y

Comparisons involving Gunn

Existing comparison pages where Gunn and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Gunn in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Elisabeth vs Gunn
In 1945 they stood at #50 and #53 in Norway · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2005 they were #99 and #546.
Elisabeth · Gunn · 60 shared years, 1945–2005 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2005 Norway ranking
Gunn vs May
In 1945 they stood at #53 and #43 in Norway · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2005 they were #546 and #244.
Gunn · May · 60 shared years, 1945–2005 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2005 Norway ranking
Gunn vs Rita
Gunn and Rita changed places 17 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2005, ending at #546 and #409.
Gunn · Rita · 60 shared years, 1945–2005 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2005 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Gunn and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Silje vs Gunn
In Norway · Girls, Silje moved into the top 50 at #20 in 1975 as Gunn fell out of it to #62, having been #45 the year before.
Silje · Gunn · 39 shared years, 1966–2005 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1975 Norway ranking
Maria vs Gunn
In Norway · Girls, Maria moved into the top 50 at #27 in 1975 as Gunn fell out of it to #62, having been #45 the year before.
Maria · Gunn · 60 shared years, 1945–2005 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1975 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Gunn measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Gunn at its highest position.

Sissel vs Gunn
Sissel and Gunn changed places 16 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2005, ending at #473 and #546.
Sissel · Gunn · 57 shared years, 1945–2005 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2005 Norway ranking
Berit vs Gunn
Berit and Gunn changed places 14 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2005, ending at #400 and #546.
Berit · Gunn · 60 shared years, 1945–2005 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2005 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Gunn was ranked #15 in Norway · Girls in 1954. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gunn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gunn without appearing here.

Gunn moved ahead of

Wenche Compare
In 1995 they stood at #360 and #310 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #330 and #612.
Randi Compare
In 2004 they stood at #548 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #546 and #614.
Grethe Compare
In 2000 they stood at #421 and #394 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #447 and #492.
Vigdis Compare
In 1952 they stood at #30 and #27 in Norway · Girls; by 1953 that had become #21 and #33.

Moved ahead of Gunn

Paula Compare
In 2002 they stood at #410 and #426 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #548 and #285.
Jennifer Compare
In 1999 they stood at #328 and #348 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #421 and #187.
Zara Compare
In 2004 they stood at #548 and #619 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #546 and #323.
Josephine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #410 and #621 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #548 and #329.

Moved the opposite way to Gunn

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 while Ada went from #229 to #89.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 while Alma went from #293 to #142.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 while Anna went from #38 to #13.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 while Cecilie went from #359 to #147.

Moved the same way as Gunn

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 and Anita from #162 to #277.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 and Ann from #82 to #206.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 and Anne from #1 to #73.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Gunn went from #53 to #546 and Annie from #180 to #399.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #15 in Norway in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gunn

Gunn at a glance

What stands out in Gunn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gunn by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Gunn

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gunn

Gunn and the names beside it

Gunn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gunn

Moved the opposite way to Gunn

Moved the same way as Gunn

Gunn at a glance

What stands out in Gunn's record

Gunn by decade in Norway · Girls

Gunn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Gunn

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Gunn

Gunn and the names beside it

Gunn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gunn

Moved the opposite way to Gunn

Moved the same way as Gunn