Gardenia — #8989 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gardenia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,347 babies named Gardenia between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gardenia currently holds the #8989 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gardenia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gardenia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gardenia in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gardenia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,347 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.