Gracey — #3967 US girls' name
2,585 babies named Gracey in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Gracey was born in this single decade.
183 babies were named Gracey in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gracey
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,585 babies named Gracey between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gracey currently holds the #3967 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 183 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gracey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,455 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gracey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 159 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Gracey in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gracey 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 2,585 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.
Gracey at a glance
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Current rank
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Gracey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1918
- Peak year (2005)
- 183
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
Currently ranks #3967 among girls.
2,585 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 183 births in a single year.
Gracey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,455 births that decade — 56% of Gracey's all-time total
Gracey decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,455 births
- Runner-up 750 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gracey's strongest decade
1,455 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Gracey by state
Where Gracey concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 159 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 116 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 112 | 4.3% |
| #4 | California | | 97 | 3.8% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 66 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 66 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 54 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 53 | 2.1% |
159 of 2,585 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.3% of nationwide
- California 3.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Gracey appears in 30 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, 1918–2024 (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.