# Gardner (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gardner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɑɹd.nɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gardener, Gardiner |
| US babies named this | 3,026 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,016 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 17,767 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,692 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,280 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,142 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,709 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,179 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,232 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,000 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,890 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,289 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,647 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,178 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,841 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,254 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,534 |
| 2024 | 22 | 4,610 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,094 |

## People named Gardner

- Gardner Dozois, American science fiction editor (1947–2018)
- Gardner Fox, American comics writer and novelist (1911–1986)
- Gardner McKay, American actor and artist (1932-2001)
- Gardner Williams, American swimmer (1877-1933)
- Gardner Read, American composer (1913-2005)
- Gardner Minshew, American football player (born 1996)
- Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
- James G. March, American sociologist (1928–2018)
- Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, writer and producer (1924–2014)
- Scott Shriner, American musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.