Gricelda — #13659 US girls' name
1,577 babies named Gricelda in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Gricelda was born in this single decade.
60 babies were named Gricelda in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gricelda
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,577 babies named Gricelda between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gricelda currently holds the #13659 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 60 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gricelda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 432 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gricelda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 743 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Gricelda in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gricelda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,577 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gricelda at a glance
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Current rank
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Gricelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (1983)
- 60
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #13659 among girls.
1,577 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 60 births in a single year.
Gricelda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 432 births that decade — 27% of Gricelda's all-time total
Gricelda decade highlights
- Peak decade 432 births
- Runner-up 387 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Gricelda's strongest decade
432 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Gricelda by state
Where Gricelda concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 743 | 47.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 260 | 16.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 71 | 4.5% |
743 of 1,577 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 47.1% of nationwide
- Texas 16.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 47.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1952–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.