Gardenia
#5,778 most common girls' name of all time · #9,764 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–2025
Rank among girls
#5,778
Rank overall
#9,764 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
1,354
Since 2016
83
Peak year
1992 #1,969
Best rank
#1,487 1937
Girls
Boys
peak 70/yr
Gardenia first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,057 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,030 |
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,602 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,380 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,583 |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,524 |
| 2017 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,355 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,954 |
| 2015 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,502 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,725 |
| 2013 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,096 |
| 2012 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,505 |
| 2011 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,198 |
| 2010 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,953 |
| 2009 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,112 |
| 2008 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,151 |
| 2007 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,205 |
| 2006 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,296 |
| 2005 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2004 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,102 |
| 2003 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,091 |
| 2002 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,931 |
| 2001 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,364 |
| 2000 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,338 |
| 1999 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,817 |
| 1998 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,988 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,445 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,478 |
| 1995 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,806 |
| 1994 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,885 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,838 |
| 1992 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,969 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,039 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,412 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,039 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,391 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,111 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,257 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,055 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,657 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,436 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,006 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,542 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,649 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,448 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,498 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,980 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,166 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,308 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,479 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,667 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,714 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,810 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,268 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,281 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,648 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,046 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,304 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,116 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,657 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,249 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,149 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,533 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,044 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,051 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,781 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,681 |
| 1954 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,351 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,263 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,554 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,387 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,165 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,680 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,470 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,995 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,561 |
| 1945 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,043 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,891 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,138 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,771 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,364 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,871 |
| 1938 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1937 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,487 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,935 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,082 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,400 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,069 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,251 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,964 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,025 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,650 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,336 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,286 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,164 |