How Many People Are Named Gardenia?
people named Gardenia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 304,621 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,354 babies named Gardenia in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
70 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the tropical flower, which was named for the Scottish naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gardenia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gardenia alive today is about 40 years old, and 38% are under 30. Half of them were between 23 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gardenia first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1992, to 70 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gardenia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,468, in 1937. In 2025 it ranked #12,333.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,333 |
| Best rank | #1,468 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,569 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gardenia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gardenia were born in California than in any other state: about 253 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gardenia was given 12.8 times as often in South Carolina and 5.1 times in California.
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