Gracelyn

Where Gracelyn comes from

Coinage from Grace + Lyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gracelyn
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #5,061 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1951
    Gracelyn Smallwood born
    Australian professor of nursing and midwifery
  3. 2020
    Peak, #321
    973 babies named Gracelyn — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Gracelyn Smallwood · Australian professor of nursing and midwifery, born 1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.