Gardner
Boy · GARD-ner · English
Gardner is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “gardener”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Gardner mean?
English: occupational surname
“gardener”
From an English surname for someone who tended a garden, especially an orchard or kitchen garden.
- Say it
- GARD-ner
Is Gardner a girl's or a boy's name?
Gardner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Gardner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Gardner, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 65 boys. 5 girls were also named Gardner in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Gardner in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gardner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,150 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,045 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,205 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,156 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,038 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,208 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,199 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,226 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,077 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,141 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,111 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,173 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,010 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1924 | 55 | #944 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 58 | #914 |
| 1921 | 56 | #939 |
| 1920 | 56 | #923 |
| 1919 | 58 | #867 |
| 1918 | 57 | #882 |
| 1917 | 61 | #804 |
| 1916 | 58 | #810 |
| 1915 | 65 | #741 |
| 1914 | 43 | #802 |
| 1913 | 32 | #855 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 17 | #729 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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