Girls' name · since 1916
Graciela
Graciela has 16,315 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,207 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,835 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,315
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
16,315 babies have been named Graciela since 1916, making it today's #1835 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Graciela recorded 16,315 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #1835 nationally today, ahead of 89% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #1,207 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,835 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,315 born since 1916
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graciela ranks #1,207 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,835 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,315 born since 1916, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,207 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,835 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,315
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Graciela's 16,315 recorded births place it above 98.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Graciela compares
16,315 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Graciela's all-time total is 43x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Graciela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,315 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 428 | 21 | 19,840 |
Graciela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Graciela's full recorded timeline at 1971, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 428 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Graciela popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 428
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Graciela popularity over time - boys
39 total births recorded since 1971 (Graciela as boys' name)
Graciela by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,676 births, 16% of the file).
1990s was Graciela's strongest decade.
2,676 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Graciela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s 153
1920s
153 births
- 1930s 331
1930s
331 births
- 1940s 782
1940s
782 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,752 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,065 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,181 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,810 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,676 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,593 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,336 births
- 2020s 620
2020s
620 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,676 births (16% of all-time use).
How Graciela 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 Graciela's total volume
Graciela by state
Where Graciela concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6,302 | 38.6% |
| #2 | California | | 4,797 | 29.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 622 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 470 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 339 | 2.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 321 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Washington | | 134 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 104 | 0.6% |
6,302 of 16,315 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Graciela appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Graciela's data
- Graciela's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,676 total births); usage has since declined to 620 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Gracielas (6,302 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 Graciela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Graciela 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.