Gracelyn

#466 for girls in 2025, 659 births

Peak · girls
2020 · 973 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,917
since 1924

Gracelyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gracelyn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #321, 2020girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#466659
2024#465674
2023#487630
2022#414760
2021#356876
2020#321973
2019#333961
2018#333980
2017#339948
2016#357917
2015#354925
2014#400816
2013#407751
2012#509599
2011#477623
2010#524566
2009#572534
2008#685443
2007#807355
2006#755364
2005#778334
2004#920263
2003#1,003230
2002#1,483128
2001#1,411134
2000#1,705103
1999#1,97579
1998#2,79847
1997#3,03639
1996#4,05926
1995#3,58530
1994#5,71316
1993#8,7199
1992#10,4797
1991#8,5889
1990#10,1937
1989#12,3625
1988#8,3918
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1986#9,5456
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1982#10,5175
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1978#6,9488
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1965#5,2897
1964#6,0096
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Gracelyn! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gracelyn is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedNHWashington: #611 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,262 girlsWAIdaho: #306 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,142 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #609 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,716 girlsMNIllinois: #952 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,105 girlsILWisconsin: #566 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,131 girlsWIMichigan: #797 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,262 girlsMINew York: #1,528 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,885 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedRIOregon: #625 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedSDIowa: #403 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,954 girlsIAIndiana: #535 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,955 girlsINOhio: #579 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,580 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,015 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,837 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,531 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 13,554 girlsCAUtah: #486 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,300 girlsUTColorado: #879 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,945 girlsCONebraska: #202 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 754 girlsNEMissouri: #477 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,637 girlsMOKentucky: #357 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,790 girlsKYWest Virginia: #318 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,373 girlsWVVirginia: #861 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,301 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,143 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,106 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedNMKansas: #442 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,967 girlsKSArkansas: #298 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,231 girlsARTennessee: #468 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,390 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #535 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,837 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #313 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,342 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #478 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,084 girlsOKLouisiana: #325 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,514 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: #460 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,193 girlsALGeorgia: #680 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,671 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gracelyn, so not publishedHITexas: #1,037 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 6,983 girlsTXFlorida: #1,528 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,244 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#202 · 1 in 754
  2. Arkansas#298 · 1 in 1,231
  3. Idaho#306 · 1 in 1,142
  4. South Carolina#313 · 1 in 1,342
  5. West Virginia#318 · 1 in 1,373

Best ever in a state: #57 in West Virginia, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#202111 in 754
Arkansas#298101 in 1,231
Idaho#30661 in 1,142
South Carolina#313131 in 1,342
West Virginia#31851 in 1,373
Louisiana#325131 in 1,514
Kentucky#357111 in 1,790
Iowa#40371 in 1,954
Kansas#44271 in 1,967
Alabama#46091 in 2,193
Tennessee#468131 in 2,390
Missouri#477111 in 2,637
Oklahoma#47881 in 2,084
Utah#48681 in 2,300
Indiana#535111 in 2,955
North Carolina#535161 in 2,837
Wisconsin#56681 in 3,131
Ohio#579161 in 3,580
Minnesota#60971 in 3,716
Washington#61191 in 3,262
Oregon#62551 in 3,179
Georgia#680141 in 3,671
Michigan#79791 in 5,262
Virginia#86171 in 5,301
Colorado#87951 in 4,945
Illinois#952111 in 6,105
Pennsylvania#1,01571 in 7,837
Texas#1,037231 in 6,983
Arizona#1,14351 in 7,106
Florida#1,52871 in 12,244
New York#1,52881 in 11,885
California#1,531171 in 13,554
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Gracelyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#465 → #466)
  • 145 spots since 2020 (#321 → #466)
  • 112 spots since 2015 (#354 → #466)
  • Biggest jump: 142 spots in 2005 (#920 → #778)
  • Biggest drop: 73 spots in 2023 (#414 → #487)
Rise & fade · girls
96 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 2020 at #321 (973 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,661
  • Highest: 1 in 1,661 girls born in 2020 were named Gracelyn (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,439 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 50.8% of all girls named Gracelyn (8,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#5,061 (1924)#5,061
1930s5#4,342 (1938)#4,342
1940s21#3,448 (1947)#4,067
1950s21#5,208 (1955)#5,677
1960s13#5,289 (1965)#5,649
1970s13#6,948 (1978)#7,686
1980s24#8,391 (1988)#10,204
1990s269#1,975 (1999)#5,915
2000s2,888#572 (2009)#1,012
2010s8,086#333 (2018)#403
2020s4,572#321 (2020)#418

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gracelyn in 2005

girls
#778
334 births · 1 in 5,532 girls

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #778Gracelyn334
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 5,532 of them was named Gracelyn, which outranked 95.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gracelyn
  1. #775Colleen340
  2. #776Annabel338
  3. #776Yareli338
  4. #778Gracelyn334
  5. #778Ashton334
  6. #780Brandi333
  7. #780Libby333
  8. #782Desirae332

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005 →