How popular is the baby name Gunnar in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Gunnar.
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Last year, the island nation of Iceland welcomed over 4,200 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Emilía and Birnir.
Below are Iceland’s top 50+ girl names and top 50+ boy names of 2023. (Please note that I created these two gendered sets of rankings from the single non-gendered set of rankings that Iceland released.)
Girl names
Emilía, 23 baby girls
Sara, 22
Aþena, 21 (3-way tie)
Embla, 21 (3-way tie)
Sóley, 21 (3-way tie)
Emma, 20
Katla, 19
Eva, 18 (4-way tie)
Lilja, 18 (4-way tie)
Una, 18 (4-way tie)
Viktoría, 18 (4-way tie)
Anna, 16 (3-way tie)
Bríet, 16 (3-way tie)
Hekla, 16 (3-way tie) – inspired by Hekla, the name of one of Iceland’s most active volcanoes.
Matthildur, 15 (tie)
Salka, 15 (tie)
Birta, 14 (3-way tie)
Hafdís, 14 (3-way tie)
Katrín, 14 (3-way tie)
Andrea, 13 (3-way tie)
Freyja, 13 (3-way tie)
Natalía, 13 (3-way tie)
Íris, 12 (4-way tie)
Iðunn, 12 (4-way tie)
Kristín, 12 (4-way tie)
Móeiður, 12 (4-way tie)
Ástrós, 11 (5-way tie)
Fanney, 11 (5-way tie) – modern coinage created from elements meaning “snowdrift” and “island.”
Hrafntinna, 11 (5-way tie)
Saga, 11 (5-way tie)
Ylfa, 11 (5-way tie)
Elín, 10 (5-way tie)
Heiðdís, 10 (5-way tie)
Hildur, 10 (5-way tie)
Júlía, 10 (5-way tie)
Laufey, 10 (5-way tie)
Amelía, 9 (12-way tie)
Aría, 9 (12-way tie)
Dagbjört, 9 (12-way tie)
Glódís, 9 (12-way tie) – modern coinage created from elements meaning “to shine” and “goddess.”
Helena, 9 (12-way tie)
Ísabella, 9 (12-way tie)
Karítas, 9 (12-way tie)
Klara, 9 (12-way tie)
Máney, 9 (12-way tie)
María, 9 (12-way tie)
Sigrún, 9 (12-way tie)
Sóldís, 9 (12-way tie)
Alexandra, 8 (9-way tie)
Edda, 8 (9-way tie)
Eldey, 8 (9-way tie)
Harpa, 8 (9-way tie)
Írena, 8 (9-way tie)
Margrét, 8 (9-way tie)
Rakel, 8 (9-way tie)
Ronja, 8 (9-way tie)
Þórdís, 8 (9-way tie)
Boy names
Birnir, 30 baby boys
Emil, 28
Elmar, 25 (tie)
Jón, 25 (tie)
Óliver 24
Aron, 23
Viktor, 22
Jökull, 21
Alexander, 20
Atlas, 19
Gunnar, 18
Baldur, 17 (tie)
Mikael, 17 (tie)
Breki, 16 (3-way tie) – derived from an Old Norse word meaning “breaker.”
Styrmir, 16 (3-way tie)
Theodór, 16 (3-way tie)
Arnar, 15 (3-way tie)
Kári, 15 (3-way tie)
Óðinn, 15 (3-way tie)
Baltasar, 14 (3-way tie)
Elías, 14 (3-way tie)
Huginn, 14 (3-way tie)
Daníel, 13 (4-way tie)
Hilmir, 13 (4-way tie)
Ísak, 13 (4-way tie)
Úlfur, 13 (4-way tie)
Gabríel, 12 (4-way tie)
Guðmundur, 12 (4-way tie)
Ólafur, 12 (4-way tie)
Tómas, 12 (4-way tie)
Ari, 11 (11-way tie)
Benedikt, 11 (11-way tie)
Benjamín, 11 (11-way tie)
Björn, 11 (11-way tie)
Brynjar, 11 (11-way tie)
Dagur, 11 (11-way tie)
Erik, 11 (11-way tie)
Kristján, 11 (11-way tie)
Kristófer, 11 (11-way tie)
Matthías, 11 (11-way tie)
Sigurður, 11 (11-way tie)
Anton, 10 (7-way tie)
Atli, 10 (7-way tie)
Ágúst, 10 (7-way tie)
Hinrik, 10 (7-way tie)
Jóhann, 10 (7-way tie)
Magnús, 10 (7-way tie)
Stefán, 10 (7-way tie)
Adam, 9 (8-way tie)
Bergur, 9 (8-way tie)
Birkir, 9 (8-way tie)
Leó, 9 (8-way tie)
Máni, 9 (8-way tie)
Óskar, 9 (8-way tie)
Stormur, 9 (8-way tie)
Tristan, 9 (8-way tie)
Interesting names from outside the top 50 include…
Rökkvi (masculine name, given to 8 babies), which may mean “twilight.”
Kolbrá (fem., 5 babies), a modern coinage created from elements meaning “black, dark” and “eyelash.”
Hrafnkatla (fem., 3 babies), the feminine form of Hrafnkell, which is made up of elements meaning “raven” and “cauldron.”
Tindur (masc., 3 babies), derived from an Old Norse word meaning “spike,” “tooth,” “mountain peak.”
Þráinn (masc., 3 babies), based on an Old Norse word meaning “obstinacy.”
Krummi (masc., 2 babies), which could mean either “bent, crooked” or “raven.”
And what about the single-use names?
Over 980 names were bestowed just once in Iceland last year. Here’s a sampling of Iceland’s unique baby names of 2023:
Here are simplified definitions for a few of the above…
Friðþjófur (masc.), made up of elements meaning “peace” and “thief”
A name that means “peace thief” seems very appropriate for a newborn baby. :)
Gígja (fem.), meaning “fiddle.”
Ösp (fem.), meaning “aspen tree.”
Röskva (fem.), meaning “vigorous,” “brave.”
Spói (masc.), from the Icelandic word spói, which refers to the whimbrel (a type of bird).
Gíslason — a surname that was likely used as a masculine forename (given that -son ending) — may have been inspired by Icelandic soccer player Rúrik Gíslason.
Will the name Adley — which has been trendy for baby girls recently — start seeing more usage among baby boys? Particularly among baby boys in Maryland?
I ask because a recent Baltimore Sun article listed three Maryland babies who were born this year to Orioles fans and named after young Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman:
Trevor Adley Thompson (boy)
Adley Kenney (girl)
Grayson Adley Shepke (boy)
Admittedly, the two boys were given Adley as a middle name. But I’m sure other boys will get it as a first name following the team’s impressive 2023 season. (One expectant family mentioned in the article is considering using the name for their son, due in January.)
Other Orioles players who might be influencing baby names this year include third baseman/shortstop Gunnar Henderson, outfielder Cedric Mullins, and pitchers Grayson Rodriguez and Félix Bautista.
A former player who had a discernible influence on U.S. baby names several decades ago is Calvin “Cal” Ripkin, Jr., who was with the Orioles for his entire career (from 1981 to 2001).
P.S. Female country singer Adley Stump, who participated in the second season of The Voice, helped popularize the name Adley for baby girls in the early 2010s.
Update, Jan. 2024: The first baby born at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UM BWMC) in 2024 was a girl named Adley Michelle Jobst. The Oriole Bird (the baseball team’s mascot) paid a visit to the Jobst family in mid-January.
Update, May 2024: According to the SSA’s 2023 baby name data, Adley saw higher usage among baby boys last year (increasing from 26 to 61) and lower usage among baby girls. Maryland was the state that welcomed both the most boys named Adley (15) and the most girls named Adley (27).
According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, the most popular baby names in the state in 2019 were Charlotte and Oliver.
Here are Iowa’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:
Girl Names
Charlotte, 179 baby girls
Emma, 174
Evelyn, 156
Harper, 154
Olivia, 134
Amelia, 129
Ava, 127
Avery, 98
Nora, 96
Violet, 94
Boy Names
Oliver, 236 baby boys
Henry, 189
Liam, 188
William, 154
Lincoln, 141
Noah, 138
Owen, 136
Jack, 127
Jackson, 124
Maverick, 116
In the girls’ top 10, Avery and Violet replaced Sophia and Isabella.
In the boys’ top 10, Jack and Maverick replaced Wyatt and Hudson.
(The SSA’s 2019 name data for Iowa is different in several ways. On the girls’ side, Avery/Hazel/Nora are in a 3-way tie for 8th/9th/10th. On the boys’ side, Henry and Liam have switched spots, and Theodore is in 10th.)
Getting back to Iowa’s own data, here are some of the baby names that were bestowed just once in the state in 2019:
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 3, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 3-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “threes” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Tyson correspond to the numbers 20, 25, 19, 15, and 14. The sum of these numbers is 93. The digits of 93 added together equal 12, and the digits of 12 added together equal 3 — the numerological value of Tyson.
Baby names with a value of 3
Below you’ll find the most popular 3-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
3 via 12
The letters in the following baby names add up to 12, which reduces to three (1+2=3).
Girl names (3 via 12)
Boy names (3 via 12)
Aja, Fae, Bia, Abi, Bee
Gad, Jb, Abed
3 via 21
The letters in the following baby names add up to 21, which reduces to three (2+1=3).
Girl names (3 via 21)
Boy names (3 via 21)
Kai, Asa, Gala, Jaia, Clea
Kai, Kade, Asa, Alec, Ben, Beck, Cale
3 via 30
The letters in the following baby names add up to 30, which reduces to three (3+0=3).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number three. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 3 being described as “creative,” “optimistic,” “friendly,” “outgoing,” and “self-expressive.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 3:
Triple crown (victory in three events)
Hat trick (3 goals scored in one game by a single player)
Circus (3 rings)
Yard (3 feet)
Three-act structure (in narrative)
Rule of thirds (in photography)
Traffic lights
Manx flag (3 legs)
What does the number 3 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.
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