Girls' name · since 2003

Graclyn

Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 276 babies named Graclyn, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#16,626 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,010 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
276
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

276 babies have been named Graclyn since 2003, making it today's #16010 girls' name.

Graclyn has 276 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16010 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #16,626 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,010 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 276 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graclyn ranks #16,626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,010 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 276 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#16,626 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,010 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
276
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%7.4%
Graclyn vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Graclyn's 276 recorded births place it above 76.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Graclyn compares

276 43rd percentile among 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

Graclyn's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Graclyn Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 276 376 567,345
Peak-year births 21 21 19,840

Graclyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Graclyn's full recorded timeline at 2014, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Graclyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
21
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
0510152025 20032006200920122015201820212025 5

Graclyn by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (153 births, 55% of the file).

2010s was Graclyn's strongest decade.

153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.

Graclyn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 153 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Graclyn?
276 babies have been named Graclyn since 2003. All-time, it sits at #16,626 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #16,010 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2015 with 21 births.
Where does Graclyn sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Graclyn ranks #16,626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,010 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Graclyn most popular?
Graclyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 153 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Graclyn been used?
The SSA has tracked Graclyn since 2003 -- 23 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Graclyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Grace, Gracie, Graciela, Gracelyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Graclyn's data

  • Graclyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 35 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.

Keep exploring Graclyn

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Graclyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2003–2025 (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 Graclyn 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.