girls' name ★ peaked 2007

Gracie

Meaning A diminutive of the female given name Grace Gender Girl Rank 2025 #227 Trend → Stable

A diminutive of the female given name Grace.

Rank 2025
#227
among girls · ↑23 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,344
named Gracie · +5% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,196
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2007
3,485 babies
All-time total
84,166
#427 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Gracie popularity over time

84,166 babies have been named Gracie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 386 – 386 39 – #284
1890s 929 – 929 93 +141% #265
1900s 1,637 – 1,637 164 +76% #231
1910s 3,543 – 3,543 354 +116% #246
1920s 5,160 12 5,172 517 +46% #279
1930s 4,362 – 4,362 436 -16% #282
1940s 3,873 – 3,873 387 -11% #310
1950s 3,297 – 3,297 330 -15% #439
1960s 2,106 – 2,106 211 -36% #546
1970s 1,006 – 1,006 101 -52% #949
1980s 1,052 – 1,052 105 +5% #1,175
1990s 2,417 – 2,417 242 +130% #339
2000s 27,488 33 27,521 2,752 +1039% #94
2010s 19,109 – 19,109 1,911 -31% #130
2020s (to 2025) 7,756 – 7,756 1,293 -32% #207

Where Gracie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,325 0.82 #234
2027 1,308 0.81 #240
2028 1,295 0.81 #241
2029 1,283 0.80 #242
2030 1,273 0.79 #246

Where Gracie is most popular

Girls named Gracie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.784 per 1,000. Strongest in Utah, Idaho, and West Virginia.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Gracie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Utah 252 3.03 +286%
Idaho 94 2.81 +258%
West Virginia 73 2.79 +255%
North Dakota 30 2.28 +191%
South Dakota 32 2.24 +186%
Montana 28 2.07 +164%
Arkansas 108 2.04 +161%
Oklahoma 134 1.82 +132%
Kansas 104 1.80 +130%
Kentucky 152 1.78 +127%
New Mexico 42 1.73 +120%
Mississippi 79 1.69 +115%
Missouri 197 1.63 +109%
Nebraska 58 1.61 +106%
Louisiana 139 1.59 +103%
Iowa 92 1.57 +101%
Tennessee 231 1.46 +86%
Alabama 126 1.34 +71%
Oregon 86 1.32 +69%
Indiana 164 1.17 +49%
Maine 18 1.16 +48%
Ohio 260 1.10 +40%
Colorado 121 1.08 +38%
Michigan 197 1.08 +38%
Wisconsin 109 1.06 +35%
Vermont 5 1.03 +32%
Georgia 230 1.01 +29%
Nevada 46 0.990 +26%
Washington 143 0.990 +26%
New Hampshire 18 0.975 +24%
Arizona 132 0.941 +20%
North Carolina 212 0.931 +19%
Pennsylvania 220 0.930 +19%
Minnesota 97 0.899 +15%
Delaware 10 0.882 +12%
Rhode Island 11 0.879 +12%
Virginia 143 0.839 +7%
South Carolina 74 0.823 +5%
Florida 321 0.750 ≈ national
Maryland 78 0.736 -6%
Texas 590 0.734 -6%
Illinois 159 0.695 -11%
California 475 0.565 -28%
New York 205 0.518 -34%
New Jersey 87 0.482 -39%
Massachusetts 57 0.471 -40%
Hawaii 5 0.436 -44%
Connecticut 25 0.430 -45%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Gracie

Gracie is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #227 in 2025 with 1,344 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 84,166 American babies have been named Gracie. Its peak came in 2007, when 3,485 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Gracie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Gracie?

The median living Gracie is about 18 years old; half are between 11 and 23. An estimated 67 thousand people named Gracie are alive in the United States today.

median 18 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Gracie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,344 #227 – –
2024 1,278 #250 – –
2023 1,247 #248 – –
2022 1,222 #252 – –
2021 1,268 #240 – –
2020 1,397 #207 – –
2019 1,417 #217 – –
2018 1,582 #193 – –
2017 1,619 #194 – –
2016 1,819 #181 – –
2015 1,964 #165 – –
2014 2,059 #161 – –
2013 1,950 #165 – –
2012 2,014 #158 – –
2011 2,250 #135 – –
2010 2,435 #130 – –
2009 2,869 #114 – –
2008 3,427 #99 6 #11,542
2007 3,480 #96 5 #13,014
2006 3,299 #103 – –
2005 3,371 #94 5 #12,054
2004 2,941 #114 17 #4,864
2003 2,723 #126 – –
2002 2,155 #153 – –
2001 1,911 #170 – –
2000 1,312 #245 – –
1995 127 #1,312 – –
1990 131 #1,254 – –
1985 94 #1,376 – –
1980 113 #1,185 – –
1975 104 #1,122 – –
1970 125 #1,000 – –
1965 208 #682 – –
1960 317 #546 – –
1955 326 #514 – –
1950 335 #439 – –
1945 378 #356 – –
1940 420 #310 – –
1935 415 #296 – –
1930 474 #305 – –
1925 573 #279 – –
1920 527 #284 – –
1915 414 #286 – –
1910 246 #246 – –
1905 168 #247 – –
1900 158 #258 – –
1895 108 #270 – –
1890 69 #298 – –
1885 40 #321 – –
1880 18 #394 – –

Famous people named Gracie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Gracie Gold Gracie Gold American figure skater (born 1995) Contemporary
  2. 2 Gracie Fields Gracie Fields British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979) 19th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Gracie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Gracie?

The median living Gracie is about 18 years old. Half of all living Gracies are between 11 and 23 years old.

How many people named Gracie are alive today?

An estimated 67 thousand people named Gracie are alive in the United States, based on 84,166 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Gracie mean?

A diminutive of the female given name Grace.

How popular is the name Gracie in 2025?

Gracie ranked #227 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,344 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Gracie?

84,166 babies have been named Gracie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Gracie most popular?

Gracie peaked in 2007, when 3,485 newborns received the name.

Is Gracie a boy or girl name?

Gracie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Gracie rising or falling?

Gracie is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Gracie become more popular?

Gracie looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,273 girls named Gracie in 2030, ranking around #246. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Gracie?

Well-known people named Gracie include Gracie Gold (skater), Gracie Fields (actor).

Names like Gracie

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