How Many People Are Named Gardner?
people named Gardner are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 252,986 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,026 babies named Gardner in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gardner, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gardner alive today is about 48 years old, and 40% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 26 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gardner first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 65 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gardner has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #662, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #5,093.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,093 |
| Best rank | #662 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,008 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gardner alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gardner were born in Massachusetts than in any other state: about 45 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gardner was given 21.6 times as often in Massachusetts and 1.8 times in New York.
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