Girls' name · since 2003
Gracilyn
117 babies named Gracilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gracilyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 117 recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracilyn has been recorded 117 times among girls since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2023.
- #25,402 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracilyn ranks #25,402 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gracilyn's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gracilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gracilyn splits its recorded history at 2014: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gracilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Gracilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (76 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Gracilyn's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Gracilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 76 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Gracilyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gracilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2003–2023 (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 Gracilyn 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.