Gardenia
Gardenia was the 12337th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 1468th; the most babies were born in 1992 (70). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,716 places. More babies were named Gardenia in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,337 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199270 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,354babies recorded
Gardenia popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,337 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #7,017 | 18 |
| 2000 | #5,374 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,420 | 22 |
| 1980 | #10,892 | 5 |
| 1970 | #8,400 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,132 | 16 |
| 1950 | #3,117 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,140 | 15 |
| 1930 | #3,807 | 7 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Gardenia, counting every spelling?
Gardenia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Gardenia?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gardenia (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gardenia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gardenia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gardenia?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Gardenia are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 23 and 63. That makes Gardenia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Gardenia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gardenia, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Gardenia
How popular is the name Gardenia?
Gardenia was the 12337th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1937, when it ranked 1468th; the most babies were born in 1992 (70). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,716 places. More babies were named Gardenia in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Gardenia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gardenia in the US.