Gardenia
Gardenia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199270 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1917
- 1,347people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,347 girls have been named Gardenia in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 70 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1990s alone account for 23%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gardenia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | |
| 1920s | 18 | |
| 1930s | 118 | |
| 1940s | 148 | |
| 1950s | 154 | |
| 1960s | 99 | |
| 1970s | 75 | |
| 1980s | 79 | |
| 1990s | 315 | |
| 2000s | 178 | |
| 2010s | 114 | |
| 2020s | 39 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Gardenia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Gardenia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janiecepeak 1993
- Sulemapeak 1996
- Karlynpeak 1992
- Carlynpeak 1992
- Prescillapeak 1991
- Janettpeak 1991
- Marilupeak 1991
- Jacquelinpeak 2000
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.