Gardner

Where Gardner comes from

The dictionaries list Gardner as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #647
    9 babies named Gardner — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1911
    Gardner Fox born
    American comics writer and novelist
  5. 1947
    Gardner Dozois born
    American science fiction editor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Gardner Dozois · American science fiction editor, 1947–2018
  • Gardner Fox · American comics writer and novelist, 1911–1986
  • Gardner McKay · American actor and artist, 1932–2001
  • Gardner Williams · American swimmer, 1877–1933
  • Gardner Boultbee · sailor, 1907–1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.