How Many People Are Named Gardenia?
An estimated 1,052 people in the United States have the first name Gardenia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Gardenia peaked in popularity in 1992 with 70 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gardenia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Gardenia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,052
About 1 in 325,812 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1992
70 births
Total Registered
1,347
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gardenia
Gardenia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,347 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Gardenia as a female name
Ranked #9,104 in 2024
11 female births in 2024
Peak: 1992 (70 births)
Gardenia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gardenia span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 315 babies were registered. Gardenia has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Gardenia by Decade
How has Gardenia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Gardenia by State
Birth registrations for Gardenia span all 6 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, South Carolina, Texas. The lowest are in Arizona, Oregon, New York. On average, about 61 Gardenias were registered per state.
Gardenia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gardenia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Gardenia
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Gardenia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gardenia?
We estimate approximately 1,052 people named Gardenia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 325,812 Americans share this first name.
Is Gardenia a common name?
Gardenia is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,347 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gardenia most popular?
Gardenia reached peak popularity in 1992, when 70 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gardenia is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gardenia a female name?
Gardenia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gardenia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gardenia Smith, Gardenia Johnson, Gardenia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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