Gracelyn
Gracelyn is ranked 467th among girls in 2024 (666 births). Its best rank was 321st, in 2020.
- Rank in 2024
- #467up 21 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6660.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 2018980 births
- Best rank
- #321in 2020
- Since 1924
- 15,240people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,240 girls have been named Gracelyn in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 980 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 399 → 467).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 53%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gracelyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 21 | |
| 1950s | 21 | |
| 1960s | 13 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 24 | |
| 1990s | 269 | |
| 2000s | 2,888 | |
| 2010s | 8,083 | |
| 2020s | 3,898 |
In 2018, its biggest year
Gracelyn was the 333rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2018 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Gracelyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hayvenpeak 2016
- Rhyleepeak 2019
- Emariepeak 2018
- Brinleepeak 2017
- Ximenapeak 2016
- Journeypeak 2018
- Yatziripeak 2023
- Anvipeak 2018
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.