Girls' name · since 1924
Gracelyn
15,917 babies named Gracelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #466 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,917
- born since 1924
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gracelyn currently ranks #466 among girls' names in America, with 15,917 babies recorded since 1924.
Social Security Administration records show Gracelyn recorded 15,917 times among girls since 1924, holding rank #466 nationally today, ahead of 97% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #1,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #466 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,917 born since 1924
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracelyn ranks #1,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #466 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,917 born since 1924, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #466 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,917
- born since 1924
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gracelyn's 15,917 recorded births place it above 98.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Gracelyn compares
15,917 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gracelyn's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gracelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,917 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 980 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gracelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gracelyn splits its recorded history at 1999: 98% of all births land in the more recent half, 2% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 980 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gracelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 980
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Gracelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (8,086 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Gracelyn's strongest decade.
8,086 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Gracelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 269
1990s
269 births
- 2000s 2,888
2000s
2,888 births
- 2010s
2010s
8,086 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,572 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 8,086 births (51% of all-time use).
How Gracelyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Gracelyn's total volume
Gracelyn by state
Where Gracelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,201 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 774 | 4.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 719 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 702 | 4.4% |
| #5 | California | | 692 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 637 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 608 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 593 | 3.7% |
1,201 of 15,917 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Gracelyn appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Gracelyn's data
- Gracelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (8,086 total births) through the 2020s (4,572) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Gracelyns (1,201 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gracelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~101 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1924–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gracelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.