Gardner · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 135 recorded years as a table

Gardner, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	45
1884	61
1886	81
1887	69
1888	50
1889	45
1891	69
1895	51
1898	57
1899	47
1900	40
1901	47
1902	49
1903	50
1904	70
1905	60
1906	53
1908	65
1909	73
1910	88
1911	53
1912	53
1913	62
1914	66
1915	77
1916	65
1917	66
1918	56
1919	59
1920	53
1921	51
1922	53
1923	41
1924	49
1925	37
1926	45
1927	28
1928	39
1929	42
1930	33
1931	36
1932	34
1933	34
1934	36
1935	29
1936	33
1937	31
1938	27
1939	24
1940	27
1941	23
1942	21
1943	21
1944	29
1945	23
1946	22
1947	18
1948	20
1949	18
1950	15
1951	12
1952	12
1953	16
1954	13
1955	11
1956	14
1957	6
1958	6
1959	12
1960	16
1961	20
1962	26
1963	22
1964	17
1965	18
1966	16
1967	15
1968	14
1969	13
1970	11
1971	14
1972	12
1973	10
1974	8
1975	10
1976	11
1977	7
1978	9
1979	8
1980	7
1981	4
1982	8
1983	9
1984	10
1985	8
1986	4
1987	7
1988	8
1989	7
1990	6
1991	6
1992	5
1993	7
1994	6
1995	6
1996	4
1997	7
1998	6
1999	4
2000	8
2001	9
2002	5
2003	4
2004	6
2005	5
2006	6
2007	6
2008	7
2009	4
2010	7
2011	9
2012	4
2013	5
2014	3
2015	6
2016	4
2017	8
2018	6
2019	9
2020	6
2021	7
2022	8
2023	10
2024	13
2025	11

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gardner isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 19
Rank in 2025: #5,045
How rare: 1 in 89,898 boys
Since 1880: 3,016

Most popular in 1910, at 88 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 94% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.