Gardner
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,016since 1880
Gardner over time
Rank among boys' names. Gardner has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,470 | 17 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,020 | 20 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,784 | 25 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,614 | 24 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,371 | 33 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,046 | 53 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,206 | 43 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,359 | 34 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,559 | 26 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,190 | 14 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,496 | 26 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,217 | 35 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,271 | 33 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,157 | 36 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,038 | 40 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,298 | 29 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,254 | 28 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,199 | 30 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,226 | 30 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,077 | 37 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,124 | 34 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,141 | 35 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,111 | 37 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,010 | 45 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,057 | 43 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,091 | 41 | |
| 1924 | — | #944 | 55 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #914 | 58 | |
| 1921 | — | #939 | 56 | |
| 1920 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1919 | — | #867 | 58 | |
| 1918 | — | #882 | 57 | |
| 1917 | — | #804 | 61 | |
| 1916 | — | #810 | 58 | |
| 1915 | — | #741 | 65 | |
| 1914 | — | #802 | 43 | |
| 1913 | — | #855 | 32 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gardner was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gardner is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#217 · 1 in 2,762
Best ever in a state: #96 in Vermont, 1926.
Show every state
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| Massachusetts | #217 | 11 | 1 in 2,762 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gardner
- 474 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #5,045)
- 1,989 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #5,045)
- 2,021 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #5,045)
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1904 (#1,009 → #810)
- Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1927 (#963 → #1,293)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #647 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1908–1922
- Highest: 1 in 11,424 boys born in 1910 were named Gardner (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #647 in 1886, was only 1 in 12,309 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.9% of all boys named Gardner (481) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #647 (1886) | #827 |
| 1890s | 25 | #766 (1891) | #920 |
| 1900s | 69 | #810 (1904) | #966 |
| 1910s | 426 | #729 (1910) | #841 |
| 1920s | 481 | #914 (1922) | #1,019 |
| 1930s | 333 | #1,077 (1934) | #1,159 |
| 1940s | 325 | #1,038 (1944) | #1,216 |
| 1950s | 234 | #1,331 (1953) | #1,651 |
| 1960s | 344 | #1,046 (1962) | #1,370 |
| 1970s | 165 | #1,784 (1971) | #2,550 |
| 1980s | 135 | #2,613 (1984) | #3,508 |
| 1990s | 112 | #4,167 (1990) | #5,247 |
| 2000s | 118 | #4,476 (2001) | #6,577 |
| 2010s | 115 | #5,200 (2011) | #7,356 |
| 2020s | 95 | #4,571 (2024) | #5,828 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gardner in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 15,172 of them was named Gardner, which outranked 82.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).