Unisex name · since 1989
Gracen
Gracen has 2,233 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,804 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,233
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gracen is the #5804 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 2,233 recorded since 1989.
Gracen has 2,233 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5804 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #4,381 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,804 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,233 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracen ranks #4,381 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,804 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,233 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,804 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,233
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gracen's 2,233 recorded births place it above 93.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Gracen compares
2,233 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Gracen's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gracen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,233 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 126 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gracen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gracen's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 126, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gracen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 126
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Gracen popularity over time - boys
1,298 total births recorded since 1995 (Gracen as boys' name)
Gracen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (922 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Gracen's strongest decade.
922 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Gracen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 265
1990s
265 births
- 2000s
2000s
922 births
- 2010s
2010s
812 births
- 2020s 227
2020s
227 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 922 births (41% of all-time use).
How Gracen 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 Gracen's total volume
Gracen by state
Where Gracen concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 157 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 139 | 6.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 110 | 4.9% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 87 | 3.9% |
| #5 | California | | 63 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 55 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 33 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 26 | 1.2% |
157 of 2,233 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Gracen appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Gracen's data
- Gracen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (922 total births); usage has since declined to 227 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Gracens (157 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 Gracen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Gracen 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.