Gardner is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1915 and has grown less common since.
Gardner is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,094 among boys (19) and #15,692 among girls (5) — overall #9,182 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | #15,692 | #5,094 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,610 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,534 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,254 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,841 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,178 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,647 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,289 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,890 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,000 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,232 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,179 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,709 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #17,767 | #9,142 |
| 2011 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,280 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,150 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,267 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,179 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,381 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,600 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,856 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,981 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,702 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,553 |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,654 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,151 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,596 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | — | #4,524 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | — | #6,706 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | — | #4,896 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | — | #5,211 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | — | #4,316 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | — | #5,801 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | — | #4,313 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | — | #4,251 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | — | #3,879 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | — | #3,411 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | — | #3,597 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | — | #5,022 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | — | #3,124 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | — | #2,641 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | — | #2,706 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | — | #3,017 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | — | #5,122 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,317 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,229 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | — | #2,834 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,462 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | — | #2,539 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | — | #2,677 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | — | #2,860 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | — | #2,439 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | — | #2,036 |
| 1971 | 25 | — | — | #1,803 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | — | #2,018 |
| 1969 | 24 | — | — | #1,696 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | — | #1,622 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | — | #1,521 |
| 1966 | 29 | — | — | #1,433 |
| 1965 | 33 | — | — | #1,342 |
| 1964 | 33 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1963 | 45 | — | — | #1,157 |
| 1962 | 53 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1961 | 43 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1960 | 34 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1959 | 26 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | — | #2,302 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | — | #2,220 |
| 1956 | 29 | — | — | #1,460 |
| 1955 | 22 | — | — | #1,656 |
| 1954 | 26 | — | — | #1,508 |
| 1953 | 32 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1952 | 23 | — | — | #1,595 |
| 1951 | 22 | — | — | #1,614 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | — | #1,407 |
| 1949 | 32 | — | — | #1,285 |
| 1948 | 35 | — | — | #1,222 |
| 1947 | 33 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1946 | 36 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1945 | 31 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1944 | 40 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1943 | 30 | — | — | #1,267 |
| 1942 | 29 | — | — | #1,305 |
| 1941 | 28 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1940 | 31 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | — | #1,282 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1937 | 33 | — | — | #1,155 |
| 1936 | 34 | — | — | #1,127 |
| 1935 | 30 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1934 | 37 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1933 | 34 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1932 | 35 | — | — | #1,146 |
| 1931 | 37 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1930 | 36 | — | — | #1,178 |
| 1929 | 45 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1928 | 43 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1927 | 32 | — | — | #1,304 |
| 1926 | 50 | — | — | #970 |
| 1925 | 41 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1924 | 55 | — | — | #948 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | — | #1,065 |
| 1922 | 58 | — | — | #917 |
| 1921 | 56 | — | — | #941 |
| 1920 | 56 | — | — | #925 |
| 1919 | 58 | — | — | #868 |
| 1918 | 57 | — | — | #883 |
| 1917 | 61 | — | — | #811 |
| 1916 | 58 | — | — | #815 |
| 1915 | 65 | — | — | #743 |
| 1914 | 43 | — | — | #805 |
| 1913 | 32 | — | — | #861 |
| 1912 | 23 | — | — | #951 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | — | #739 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #864 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #907 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #956 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #835 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | — | #1,222 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,104 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #920 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | — | #801 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #1,025 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | — | #963 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #777 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | — | #662 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | — | #804 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #962 |