Girls' name · since 1880
Gracie
Gracie has 84,121 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #227 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84,121
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gracie currently ranks #227 among girls' names in America, with 84,121 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracie has been recorded 84,121 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #227 nationally and more common than 99% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #227 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 84,121 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracie ranks #427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #227 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 84,121 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #227 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84,121
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gracie's 84,121 recorded births place it above 99.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Gracie compares
84,121 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Gracie's all-time total is 224x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gracie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 84,121 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,480 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gracie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gracie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 18 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 3,480 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gracie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 3,480
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Gracie popularity over time - boys
45 total births recorded since 1926 (Gracie as boys' name)
Gracie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (27,488 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Gracie's strongest decade.
27,488 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Gracie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 386
1880s
386 births
- 1890s 929
1890s
929 births
- 1900s 1,637
1900s
1,637 births
- 1910s 3,543
1910s
3,543 births
- 1920s 5,160
1920s
5,160 births
- 1930s 4,362
1930s
4,362 births
- 1940s 3,873
1940s
3,873 births
- 1950s 3,297
1950s
3,297 births
- 1960s 2,106
1960s
2,106 births
- 1970s 1,006
1970s
1,006 births
- 1980s 1,052
1980s
1,052 births
- 1990s 2,417
1990s
2,417 births
- 2000s
2000s
27,488 births
- 2010s
2010s
19,109 births
- 2020s 7,756
2020s
7,756 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 27,488 births (33% of all-time use).
How Gracie 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 Gracie's total volume
Gracie by state
Where Gracie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8,829 | 10.5% |
| #2 | California | | 4,578 | 5.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 4,052 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 3,861 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 3,539 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 3,318 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 3,020 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 2,850 | 3.4% |
8,829 of 84,121 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Gracie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Gracie's data
- Gracie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (27,488 total births); usage has since declined to 7,756 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Gracies (8,829 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 Gracie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Gracie 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.