Girls' name · since 1897
Gracy
Gracy has 1,604 recorded births since 1897 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,565 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,604
- born since 1897
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gracy is the #5565 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,604 recorded since 1897.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracy has been recorded 1,604 times among girls since 1897, currently ranked #5565 nationally and more common than 68% 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 1897 to 2025.
- #5,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,565 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,604 born since 1897
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gracy ranks #5,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,565 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,604 born since 1897, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,565 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,604
- born since 1897
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gracy's 1,604 recorded births place it above 92.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Gracy compares
1,604 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Gracy's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gracy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,604 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gracy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gracy's full recorded timeline at 1963, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1901, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gracy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
Gracy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (515 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Gracy's strongest decade.
515 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Gracy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 17
1900s
17 births
- 1910s 71
1910s
71 births
- 1920s 104
1920s
104 births
- 1930s 62
1930s
62 births
- 1940s 76
1940s
76 births
- 1950s 60
1950s
60 births
- 1960s 40
1960s
40 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 54
1980s
54 births
- 1990s 100
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
515 births
- 2010s
2010s
327 births
- 2020s 135
2020s
135 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 515 births (32% of all-time use).
How Gracy 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 Gracy's total volume
Gracy by state
Where Gracy concentrates geographically, total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 82 | 5.1% |
| #2 | California | | 72 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 12 | 0.7% |
82 of 1,604 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Gracy's data
- Gracy's decade-level peak was the 2000s (515 total births); usage has since declined to 135 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Gracys (82 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
Names with a similar popularity rank to Gracy
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gracy: 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 (~128 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, 1897–2025 (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 Gracy 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.