Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gardner

#2,427 most common boys' name of all time · #5,845 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#2,427
Rank overall
#5,845 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
135 of 146
All-time
3,026
Since 2016
149
Peak year
1915 #746
Best rank
#682 1886
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Gardner is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 19 24 #5,048
2024 — 22 22 #4,579
2023 — 17 17 #5,478
2022 — 14 14 #6,155
2021 — 12 12 #6,708
2020 — 11 11 #7,047
2019 — 16 16 #5,563
2018 — 11 11 #7,153
2017 — 15 15 #5,798
2016 — 7 7 #9,683
2015 — 11 11 #7,073
2014 — 6 6 #10,751
2013 — 10 10 #7,547
2012 5 8 13 #8,883
2011 — 17 17 #5,209
2010 — 14 14 #6,044
2009 — 8 8 #9,001
2008 — 14 14 #6,078
2007 — 13 13 #6,278
2006 — 12 12 #6,472
2005 — 9 9 #7,667
2004 — 12 12 #6,154
2003 — 7 7 #8,661
2002 — 10 10 #6,538
2001 — 17 17 #4,486
2000 — 16 16 #4,584
1999 — 7 7 #7,902
1998 — 11 11 #5,481
1997 — 14 14 #4,465
1996 — 8 8 #6,511
1995 — 12 12 #4,809
1994 — 11 11 #5,122
1993 — 14 14 #4,244
1992 — 9 9 #5,678
1991 — 13 13 #4,247
1990 — 13 13 #4,185
1989 — 14 14 #3,819
1988 — 15 15 #3,374
1987 — 13 13 #3,538
1986 — 8 8 #4,882
1985 — 15 15 #3,081
1984 — 18 18 #2,620
1983 — 17 17 #2,688
1982 — 15 15 #2,981
1981 — 7 7 #4,995
1980 — 13 13 #3,266
1979 — 13 13 #3,186
1978 — 15 15 #2,818
1977 — 11 11 #3,404
1976 — 17 17 #2,520
1975 — 15 15 #2,649
1974 — 13 13 #2,814
1973 — 16 16 #2,415
1972 — 20 20 #2,027
1971 — 25 25 #1,789
1970 — 20 20 #1,999
1969 — 24 24 #1,690
1968 — 24 24 #1,622
1967 — 26 26 #1,515
1966 — 29 29 #1,431
1965 — 33 33 #1,341
1964 — 33 33 #1,376
1963 — 45 45 #1,154
1962 — 53 53 #1,049
1961 — 43 43 #1,210
1960 — 34 34 #1,366
1959 — 26 26 #1,564
1958 — 13 13 #2,281
1957 — 14 14 #2,200
1956 — 29 29 #1,453
1955 — 22 22 #1,653
1954 — 26 26 #1,500
1953 — 32 32 #1,336
1952 — 23 23 #1,587
1951 — 22 22 #1,606
1950 — 27 27 #1,403
1949 — 32 32 #1,280
1948 — 35 35 #1,223
1947 — 33 33 #1,276
1946 — 36 36 #1,162
1945 — 31 31 #1,188
1944 — 40 40 #1,042
1943 — 30 30 #1,263
1942 — 29 29 #1,300
1941 — 28 28 #1,260
1940 — 31 31 #1,216
1939 — 27 27 #1,277
1938 — 30 30 #1,206
1937 — 33 33 #1,157
1936 — 34 34 #1,124
1935 — 30 30 #1,233
1934 — 37 37 #1,080
1933 — 34 34 #1,127
1932 — 35 35 #1,145
1931 — 37 37 #1,121
1930 — 36 36 #1,177
1929 — 45 45 #1,018
1928 — 43 43 #1,063
1927 — 32 32 #1,299
1926 — 50 50 #968
1925 — 41 41 #1,094
1924 — 55 55 #948
1923 — 45 45 #1,064
1922 — 58 58 #916
1921 — 56 56 #943
1920 — 56 56 #925
1919 — 58 58 #870
1918 — 57 57 #884
1917 — 61 61 #815
1916 — 58 58 #819
1915 — 65 65 #746
1914 — 43 43 #810
1913 — 32 32 #859
1912 — 23 23 #948
1911 — 12 12 #1,004
1910 — 17 17 #744
1909 — 12 12 #869
1908 — 10 10 #912
1906 — 7 7 #1,049
1905 — 8 8 #956
1904 — 9 9 #845
1903 — 6 6 #1,061
1902 — 6 6 #1,062
1901 — 5 5 #1,119
1900 — 6 6 #1,212
1899 — 5 5 #1,096
1898 — 7 7 #932
1895 — 6 6 #1,013
1891 — 7 7 #810
1889 — 5 5 #1,026
1888 — 6 6 #963
1887 — 7 7 #789
1886 — 9 9 #682
1884 — 7 7 #812
1880 — 5 5 #969