Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gardner

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gardner
Creator: Social Security Administration

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

66.2%

2024

All-time

2,997

Gardner is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 65 boys were named Gardner.

In 2024, only 22 boys were given the name.

All told, about 2,997 Americans have been named Gardner and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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