How rare is the name Gracelynn?

6,646 people in the United States have the first name Gracelynn, about 1 in 45,446. It ranks #3,235 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

GRACELYNN

#3,235

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,646
About
1 in 45,446
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,646 people named Gracelynn, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% 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.

Gracelynn peaked in 2020, when 1,034 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19952025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
1,034
In 2025*
698 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,268 babies have been given the name since 1995. 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.

Gracelynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #752. The largest share of babies named Gracelynn, 81.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#19,31448
2000s#2,8681,233
2010s#9056,839
2020s#7525,148
Millennials 1981–960%
Generation Z 1997–1218.6%
2013 and later81.3%

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 Gracelynn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gracelynn has been most common in Indiana (2.2×), Arkansas (2.2×), and Oklahoma (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.12×).

12,312 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.

Exactly as common as Gracelynn

1 other first name also has 6,646 people.

#3,235 Asma · 6,646

Either side of Gracelynn

#3,234 Benedict · 6,647#3,235 Asma · 6,646#3,237 Emerald · 6,640#3,238 Cam · 6,632

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,459 Gracelyn · 10,027#29,411 Graclyn · 301#31,546 Graceland · 271#32,785 Gracelin · 255

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