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How popular is “Gardner” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gardner” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gardner” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gardner” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gardner” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gardner” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gardner” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gardner” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 23 0.000023278 23 -100%
1913 32 0.000028142 32 -100%
1914 43 0.00003036 43 -100%
1915 65 0.000035472 65 -100%
1916 58 0.000029983 58 -100%
1917 61 0.000030397 61 -100%
1918 57 0.000026254 57 -100%
1919 58 0.000027485 58 -100%
1920 56 0.00002475 56 -100%
1921 56 0.000023988 56 -100%
1922 58 0.000025337 58 -100%
1923 45 0.000019544 45 -100%
1924 55 0.000023094 55 -100%
1925 41 0.000017572 41 -100%
1926 50 0.000021778 50 -100%
1927 32 0.000013797 32 -100%
1928 43 0.000019019 43 -100%
1929 45 0.000020528 45 -100%
1930 36 0.000016192 36 -100%
1931 37 0.000017582 37 -100%
1932 35 0.000016578 35 -100%
1933 34 0.000017005 34 -100%
1934 37 0.000017816 37 -100%
1935 30 0.000014355 30 -100%
1936 34 0.000016365 34 -100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 -100%
1938 30 0.000013559 30 -100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 -100%
1940 31 0.000013463 31 -100%
1941 28 0.000011492 28 -100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 -100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 -100%
1944 40 0.000014869 40 -100%
1945 31 0.000011685 31 -100%
1946 36 0.000011267 36 -100%
1947 33 0.000009161 33 -100%
1948 35 0.000010138 35 -100%
1949 32 0.000009183 32 -100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 -100%
1951 22 0.000005972 22 -100%
1952 23 0.000006056 23 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 26 0.000006532 26 -100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 -100%
1956 29 0.000007034 29 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 26 0.000006253 26 -100%
1960 34 0.000008185 34 -100%
1961 43 0.000010381 43 -100%
1962 53 0.000013134 53 -100%
1963 45 0.000011369 45 -100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 -100%
1965 33 0.000009102 33 -100%
1966 29 0.000008344 29 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 -100%
1971 25 0.000007284 25 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 14 0.000003788 14 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 5 8 -23%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 17 0.000005134 17 -100%
2024 22 0.00000661 22 -100%

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