Gardner
Gardner is a boy's name that peaked in 1915, when it was the 741st most popular in the United States. In 2025 it ranked 5,045th. About 1,400 Gardners are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 53.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Gardner boys named Gardner
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 3,026
- Estimated living today
- 1,400
- Median age today
- 53
- Peak year
- 1915
- Best rank
- 741st
- Rank in 2025
- 5,045th
- First recorded
- 1880
- Girls / boys
- 10 / 3,016
How old the living Gardners are
born that year still alive today
Of the 3,026 babies given the name since 1880, about 1,400 are alive — 45 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1972 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Gardners
- Gardner Dozois (1947–2018)American science fiction editor
- Gardner Fox (1911–1986)American comics writer and novelist
- Gardner Ackley (1915–1998)Economist, diplomat
- Gardner McKay (1932–2001)American actor and artist
- Gardner Williams (1877–1933)American swimmer
People named Gardner with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Gardner is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Gardner is most concentrated in Massachusetts (27.8×), New York (2.1×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1915
The most popular boys’ names the year Gardner peaked:
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Gardner against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.