How rare is the name Grecia?

6,319 people in the United States have the first name Grecia, about 1 in 47,797. It ranks #3,357 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

GRECIA

#3,357

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,319
About
1 in 47,797
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,319 people named Grecia, 97.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Grecia peaked in 2006, when 216 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
216
In 2025*
204 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,318 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Grecia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,173. The largest share of babies named Grecia, 42.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#17,85117
1980s#3,220545
1990s#2,3111,253
2000s#2,1731,838
2010s#2,5751,585
2020s#2,4011,080
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–9622.3%
Generation Z 1997–1242.8%
2013 and later34.7%

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 Grecia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Grecia has been most common in Arizona (6.6×), Texas (4.8×), and California (4.1×), and least common in New York (0.11×).

4,962 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 Grecia

1 other first name also has 6,319 people.

#3,357 Arnoldo · 6,319

Either side of Grecia

#3,356 Virgilio · 6,320#3,357 Arnoldo · 6,319#3,359 Florencio · 6,318#3,359 Karolina · 6,318

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,946 Gracia · 2,769#47,684 Gresia · 136

Also a last name

As a last name, Grecia ranks #127,742 of 156,621, with 140 people. See Grecia as a last name

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