Gracelynn — #427 US girls' name
12,550 babies named Gracelynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Gracelynn was born in this single decade.
1,031 babies were named Gracelynn in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gracelynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,550 babies named Gracelynn between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gracelynn currently holds the #427 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 1,031 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gracelynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6,834 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gracelynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,064 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Gracelynn in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gracelynn 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 12,550 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.
Gracelynn at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Gracelynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2020)
- 1,031
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #427 among girls.
12,550 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 1,031 births in a single year.
Gracelynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 6,834 births that decade — 54% of Gracelynn's all-time total
Gracelynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,834 births
- Runner-up 4,435 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gracelynn's strongest decade
6,834 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Gracelynn by state
Where Gracelynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,064 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 825 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 633 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 513 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 510 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 495 | 3.9% |
| #7 | California | | 475 | 3.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 458 | 3.6% |
1,064 of 12,550 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 5.0% of nationwide
- Missouri 4.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Gracelynn appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.