Gracie
Gracie was given to 1,344 girls in 2025, #227 among girls’ names; 84,166 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 65,900 Americans named Gracie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 12 and 24.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gracie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gracie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gracie is “a diminutive of the female given name Grace.”
From Grace + -ie.
/ˈɡɹeɪsi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gracie?
#227 among girls’ names, 2025
Gracie fell from #165 in 2015 to #227 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 1.1 to 0.84 per 1,000.
3,485 babies in 2007, the peak
Gracie peaked in 2007, when 3,485 babies were given it (3,480 girls, #96 among girls’ names). The 1,344 births of 2025 are 39% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,344 | #227 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 1,278 | #250 | 0.79 |
| 2023 | 1,247 | #248 | 0.78 |
| 2022 | 1,222 | #252 | 0.75 |
| 2021 | 1,268 | #240 | 0.77 |
| 2020 | 1,397 | #207 | 0.86 |
| 2019 | 1,417 | #217 | 0.84 |
| 2018 | 1,582 | #193 | 0.93 |
| 2017 | 1,619 | #194 | 0.94 |
| 2016 | 1,819 | #181 | 1.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,964 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 2,059 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 2013 | 1,950 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 2012 | 2,014 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | 2,250 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 2010 | 2,435 | #130 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 2,869 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 3,427 | #99 | 1.8 |
| 2007 | 3,480 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 2006 | 3,299 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 2005 | 3,371 | #94 | 1.8 |
| 2004 | 2,941 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 2003 | 2,723 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 2,155 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | 1,911 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 1,312 | #245 | 0.72 |
| 1999 | 894 | #339 | 0.50 |
| 1998 | 382 | #620 | 0.22 |
| 1997 | 221 | #908 | 0.13 |
| 1996 | 187 | #1,005 | 0.11 |
| 1995 | 127 | #1,309 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 126 | #1,335 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 121 | #1,363 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,409 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,424 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 131 | #1,250 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 125 | #1,256 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 122 | #1,227 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 113 | #1,251 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 88 | #1,452 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 94 | #1,375 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 93 | #1,316 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 87 | #1,375 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 104 | #1,251 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 113 | #1,175 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 113 | #1,185 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 91 | #1,354 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 88 | #1,351 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 94 | #1,272 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 74 | #1,427 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 104 | #1,122 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 92 | #1,204 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 127 | #949 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 89 | #1,207 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 122 | #1,015 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 125 | #1,000 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 129 | #938 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 131 | #905 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 142 | #848 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 176 | #743 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 208 | #682 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 246 | #652 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 231 | #663 | 0.12 |
| 1962 | 255 | #632 | 0.13 |
| 1961 | 271 | #620 | 0.13 |
| 1960 | 317 | #546 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 325 | #539 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 331 | #534 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 391 | #480 | 0.19 |
| 1956 | 336 | #509 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 326 | #513 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 318 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1953 | 283 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1952 | 326 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1951 | 326 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1950 | 335 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1949 | 339 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1948 | 363 | #416 | 0.21 |
| 1947 | 376 | #418 | 0.21 |
| 1946 | 358 | #403 | 0.23 |
| 1945 | 378 | #356 | 0.29 |
| 1944 | 396 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1943 | 406 | #355 | 0.29 |
| 1942 | 434 | #334 | 0.32 |
| 1941 | 403 | #330 | 0.33 |
| 1940 | 420 | #310 | 0.37 |
| 1939 | 424 | #297 | 0.39 |
| 1938 | 445 | #298 | 0.40 |
| 1937 | 417 | #303 | 0.39 |
| 1936 | 453 | #282 | 0.44 |
| 1935 | 415 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1934 | 435 | #298 | 0.42 |
| 1933 | 410 | #303 | 0.41 |
| 1932 | 454 | #297 | 0.43 |
| 1931 | 435 | #306 | 0.41 |
| 1930 | 474 | #305 | 0.42 |
| 1929 | 459 | #311 | 0.41 |
| 1928 | 503 | #298 | 0.44 |
| 1927 | 489 | #303 | 0.41 |
| 1926 | 493 | #301 | 0.42 |
| 1925 | 573 | #279 | 0.47 |
| 1924 | 535 | #284 | 0.43 |
| 1923 | 532 | #279 | 0.44 |
| 1922 | 533 | #283 | 0.44 |
| 1921 | 516 | #291 | 0.42 |
| 1920 | 527 | #284 | 0.44 |
| 1919 | 479 | #292 | 0.42 |
| 1918 | 448 | #302 | 0.39 |
| 1917 | 437 | #295 | 0.40 |
| 1916 | 421 | #293 | 0.40 |
| 1915 | 414 | #286 | 0.42 |
| 1914 | 339 | #286 | 0.45 |
| 1913 | 273 | #289 | 0.44 |
| 1912 | 289 | #263 | 0.52 |
| 1911 | 197 | #276 | 0.47 |
| 1910 | 246 | #246 | 0.62 |
| 1909 | 189 | #261 | 0.54 |
| 1908 | 174 | #270 | 0.52 |
| 1907 | 185 | #253 | 0.58 |
| 1906 | 153 | #268 | 0.52 |
| 1905 | 168 | #247 | 0.58 |
| 1904 | 178 | #231 | 0.65 |
| 1903 | 151 | #243 | 0.58 |
| 1902 | 160 | #241 | 0.61 |
| 1901 | 121 | #269 | 0.51 |
| 1900 | 158 | #258 | 0.53 |
| 1899 | 108 | #278 | 0.46 |
| 1898 | 96 | #321 | 0.37 |
| 1897 | 116 | #265 | 0.50 |
| 1896 | 93 | #302 | 0.39 |
| 1895 | 108 | #270 | 0.46 |
| 1894 | 90 | #291 | 0.40 |
| 1893 | 88 | #288 | 0.41 |
| 1892 | 82 | #300 | 0.39 |
| 1891 | 79 | #278 | 0.43 |
| 1890 | 69 | #298 | 0.36 |
| 1889 | 68 | #291 | 0.38 |
| 1888 | 65 | #292 | 0.36 |
| 1887 | 40 | #340 | 0.27 |
| 1886 | 42 | #329 | 0.29 |
| 1885 | 40 | #321 | 0.30 |
| 1884 | 31 | #360 | 0.24 |
| 1883 | 39 | #284 | 0.35 |
| 1882 | 19 | #421 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 24 | #329 | 0.26 |
| 1880 | 18 | #394 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Gracie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gracie has been given almost only to girls: 45 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Gracie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gracie, and how old are they?
65,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 84,166 Americans ever recorded as Gracie. The median Gracie alive today is 19 years old; half are between 12 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 56,345 people named Gracie (56,228 women and girls, 117 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 60,795 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,230 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,650 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,760 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,810 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 35,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 20,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gracie born?
The states with the most babies named Gracie are Texas, California and Florida, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 121 | #287 | 1.2× |
| California | 106 | #305 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 65 | #291 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 58 | #190 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 47 | #226 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 46 | #236 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 46 | #244 | 0.5× |
| Utah | 46 | #92 | 1.7× |
| Missouri | 45 | #132 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 45 | #204 | 0.6× |
Where Gracie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gracie is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gracie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 634,119 babies since 1880, Gracie is the second most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,344 of their 6,572 babies (20%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gracie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Isabelle | 107,782 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gracie and names like it
- Compare Gracie and GraceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sGracie peaked in 2007.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gracie since 1910.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Gracie.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Gracie alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.