Gracia — #7231 US girls' name
1,944 babies named Gracia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
14% of everyone ever named Gracia was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Gracia in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gracia
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,944 babies named Gracia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gracia currently holds the #7231 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gracia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 279 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gracia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Gracia in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gracia 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 1,944 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.
Gracia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gracia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2003)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #7231 among girls.
1,944 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 48 births in a single year.
Gracia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 279 births that decade — 14% of Gracia's all-time total
Gracia decade highlights
- Peak decade 279 births
- Runner-up 214 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gracia's strongest decade
279 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Gracia by state
Where Gracia concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 40 | 2.1% |
| #2 | California | | 22 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.3% |
40 of 1,944 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- California 1.1% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 0.3% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.3% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1880–2024 (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.