Gardenia is a rare girls' name that peaked in 1992 and has since faded.
Gardenia is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #12,337 for girl births in the United States (and #20,687 across all names), given to 7 babies. Gardenia first appears in 1917 and peaked in 1992 (70 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #12,337 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,133 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,582 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | #8,710 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | #10,568 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #12,905 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | #11,783 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | #8,455 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | #11,166 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #8,621 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | #15,241 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | #9,217 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | #7,574 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | #9,354 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #7,017 |
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | #6,176 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | #8,261 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #10,368 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | #8,402 |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #5,329 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #7,194 |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | #6,152 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #5,967 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #6,426 |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | #5,374 |
| 1999 | 31 | 31 | #3,830 |
| 1998 | 21 | 21 | #5,014 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | #5,479 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | #4,493 |
| 1995 | 28 | — | #3,811 |
| 1994 | 41 | — | #2,897 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | #2,845 |
| 1992 | 70 | — | #1,968 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,050 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | #4,420 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #7,129 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #9,583 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,245 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #7,319 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | #7,146 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #10,947 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #7,524 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #7,058 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #7,629 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #10,892 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #7,529 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #6,570 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #6,022 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,206 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,533 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,477 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #8,849 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #6,776 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #6,833 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,400 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,292 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #5,654 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #4,038 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #6,845 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | #3,289 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,104 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #4,649 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | #3,234 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | #3,132 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | #3,498 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #4,031 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #4,020 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | #2,755 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | #2,660 |
| 1954 | 22 | — | #2,328 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,255 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | #2,525 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #3,344 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,117 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | #2,660 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | #2,439 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #2,952 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #2,526 |
| 1945 | 18 | — | #2,009 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,827 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | #2,103 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,708 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #2,300 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | #2,140 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,786 |
| 1938 | 17 | — | #1,972 |
| 1937 | 26 | — | #1,468 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | #1,904 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #2,034 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,337 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,914 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,087 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,807 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,845 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,490 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #4,157 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #5,085 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,874 |