How rare is the name Gracelyn?

10,027 people in the United States have the first name Gracelyn, about 1 in 30,122. It ranks #2,459 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GRACELYN

#2,459

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,027
About
1 in 30,122
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,027 people named Gracelyn, 79.3% reported their origin as White, 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gracelyn peaked in 2018, when 980 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
980
In 2025*
659 ▼33%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,917 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gracelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #776. The largest share of babies named Gracelyn, 68.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,8275
1930s#11,9535
1940s#9,18121
1950s#10,66721
1960s#13,71613
1970s#19,24513
1980s#19,49524
1990s#6,500269
2000s#1,5662,888
2010s#7768,086
2020s#8414,572
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–1230.4%
2013 and later68.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gracelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gracelyn has been most common in Indiana (2×), Tennessee (1.9×), and South Carolina (1.8×), and least common in Connecticut (0.23×).

14,727 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Gracelyn

#2,457 Rahul · 10,064#2,458 Karly · 10,043#2,460 Dirk · 10,024#2,460 Jamari · 10,024

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gracelyn, most common first.

#3,235 Gracelynn · 6,646#29,411 Graclyn · 301#31,546 Graceland · 271#32,785 Gracelin · 255#45,015 Gracela · 152#48,513 Gracelia · 131

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