Gardner
Gardner was the 5094th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 662nd; the most babies were born in 1915 (65). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,138 places. More babies were named Gardner in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,094 boys, up 2,084 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 191565 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,026babies recorded
Gardner popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,692 | #5,094 | 5 | 19 |
| 2020 | — | #7,178 | — | 11 |
| 2010 | — | #6,150 | — | 14 |
| 2000 | — | #4,654 | — | 16 |
| 1990 | — | #4,251 | — | 13 |
| 1980 | — | #3,317 | — | 13 |
| 1970 | — | #2,018 | — | 20 |
| 1960 | — | #1,372 | — | 34 |
| 1950 | — | #1,407 | — | 27 |
| 1940 | — | #1,216 | — | 31 |
| 1930 | — | #1,178 | — | 36 |
| 1920 | — | #925 | — | 56 |
| 1910 | — | #739 | — | 17 |
| 1900 | — | #1,222 | — | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | #962 | — | 5 |
How popular is Gardner, counting every spelling?
Gardner has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Gardner?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gardner (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Gardner 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 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gardner.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gardner?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Gardner are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 27 and 67. That makes Gardner 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
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Questions about the name Gardner
How popular is the name Gardner?
Gardner was the 5094th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 662nd; the most babies were born in 1915 (65). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,138 places. More babies were named Gardner in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Gardner a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Gardner in the US.