How rare is the name Gricelda?

4,240 people in the United States have the first name Gricelda, about 1 in 71,234. It ranks #4,422 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GRICELDA

#4,422

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,240
About
1 in 71,234
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,240 people named Gricelda, 98.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gricelda peaked in 1983, when 60 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19522024
Peak year
1983
Births that year
60
In 2024
6 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,577 babies have been given the name since 1952. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Gricelda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #3,465. The largest share of babies named Gricelda, 41.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#11,26017
1960s#5,551131
1970s#3,465387
1980s#3,784432
1990s#5,462347
2000s#10,821182
2010s#23,06456
2020s#24,79625
Baby boom 1946–644.3%
Generation X 1965–8032.8%
Millennials 1981–9641.4%
Generation Z 1997–1217.9%
2013 and later3.6%

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 Gricelda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gricelda has been most common in California (6.8×), Texas (3.1×), and Illinois (1.3×), and least common in Illinois (1.3×).

1,074 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 Gricelda

#4,420 Jeanmarie · 4,242#4,421 Donita · 4,241#4,423 Linette · 4,238#4,423 Naveen · 4,238

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,509 Griselda · 22,014#16,643 Gricel · 674#27,069 Grisela · 340#27,350 Grizelda · 335#45,015 Gracela · 152#48,513 Gracelia · 131#49,348 Gricela · 126#49,963 Griscelda · 122

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