Gracen — #4935 US unisex name
2,212 babies named Gracen in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Gracen was born in this single decade.
126 babies were named Gracen in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gracen
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,212 babies named Gracen between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gracen currently holds the #4935 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 126 babies received it in a single year. Gracen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,255 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gracen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 922 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gracen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Gracen in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gracen 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 2,212 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.
Gracen at a glance
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Current rank
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Gracen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2016)
- 126
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #4935 among girls.
2,212 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 126 births in a single year.
Gracen popularity over time — boys
1,255 total births recorded since 1995 (Gracen as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Gracen accounts for 36% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gracen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 922 births that decade — 42% of Gracen's all-time total
Gracen decade highlights
- Peak decade 922 births
- Runner-up 812 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gracen's strongest decade
922 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Gracen by state
Where Gracen concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 157 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 139 | 6.3% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 110 | 5.0% |
| #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 2,212 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.0% of nationwide
- South Carolina 3.9% of nationwide
- California 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Gracen appears in 18 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, 1989–2024 (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.