Gracie

#227 for girls in 2025, 1,344 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2005 · 3,371 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,121
since 1880

Gracie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #94, 2005girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2271,344
2024#2501,278
2023#2481,247
2022#2521,222
2021#2401,268
2020#2071,397
2019#2171,417
2018#1931,582
2017#1931,619
2016#1811,819
2015#1651,964
2014#1612,059
2013#1651,950
2012#1582,014
2011#1352,250
2010#1302,435
2009#1142,869
2008#993,427#11,0376
2007#963,480#12,3675
2006#1033,299
2005#943,371#11,4725
2004#1142,941#4,79317
2003#1262,723
2002#1532,155
2001#1701,911
2000#2441,312
1999#339894
1998#620382
1997#907221
1996#1,004187
1995#1,306127
1994#1,337126
1993#1,358121
1992#1,410116
1991#1,428112
1990#1,253131
1989#1,259125
1988#1,226122
1987#1,249113
1986#1,44788
1985#1,37394
1984#1,31593
1983#1,37387
1982#1,251104
1981#1,172113
1980#1,183113
1979#1,34991
1978#1,34788
1977#1,26894
1976#1,42274
1975#1,119104
1974#1,20492
1973#947127
1972#1,20589
1971#1,015122
1970#997125
1969#936129
1968#905131
1967#848142
1966#742176
1965#680208
1964#652246
1963#663231
1962#632255
1961#620271
1960#545317
1959#539325
1958#532331
1957#480391
1956#510336
1955#513326
1954#498318
1953#511283
1952#467326
1951#463326
1950#439335
1949#432339
1948#416363
1947#418376
1946#403358
1945#356378
1944#345396
1943#355406
1942#334434
1941#330403
1940#309420
1939#297424
1938#298445
1937#303417
1936#282453
1935#296415
1934#298435
1933#303410
1932#296454
1931#306435
1930#305474
1929#311459
1928#298503
1927#303489#3,4517
1926#301493#4,2015
1925#279573
1924#284535
1923#279532
1922#282533
1921#291516
1920#284527
1919#292479
1918#302448
1917#295437
1916#292421
1915#286414
1914#286339
1913#287273
1912#263289
1911#276197
1910#246246
1909#261189
1908#270174
1907#253185
1906#268153
1905#247168
1904#231178
1903#243151
1902#241160
1901#269121
1900#258158
1899#278108
1898#32196
1897#265116
1896#30293
1895#269108
1894#29090
1893#28688
1892#29982
1891#27779
1890#29869
1889#28968
1888#29165
1887#33740
1886#32642
1885#32140
1884#35831
1883#28239
1882#41819
1881#32524
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gracie was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 25 girls a year got the name.

Where Gracie is popular in 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #367 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,205 girlsMOKentucky: #114 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 467 girlsKYWest Virginia: #153 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 717 girlsWVVirginia: #126 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 572 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #119 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 427 girlsARTennessee: #156 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 695 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #155 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 788 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #207 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,267 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #204 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,030 girlsOKLouisiana: #169 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 751 girlsLAMississippi: #158 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 654 girlsMSAlabama: #147 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 695 girlsALGeorgia: #233 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,565 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedHITexas: #268 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,310 girlsTXFlorida: #143 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 560 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#114 · 1 in 467
  2. Arkansas#119 · 1 in 427
  3. Virginia#126 · 1 in 572
  4. Florida#143 · 1 in 560
  5. Alabama#147 · 1 in 695

Best ever in a state: #17 in Montana, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#114371 in 467
Arkansas#119291 in 427
Virginia#126321 in 572
Florida#143131 in 560
Alabama#147291 in 695
West Virginia#153151 in 717
North Carolina#155301 in 788
Tennessee#156241 in 695
Mississippi#158221 in 654
Louisiana#169191 in 751
Oklahoma#204131 in 1,030
South Carolina#207121 in 1,267
Georgia#233161 in 1,565
Texas#268271 in 1,310
Missouri#36761 in 3,205
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Gracie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#250#227)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#207#227)
  • 62 spots since 2015 (#165#227)
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1998 (#907#620)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1974 (#947#1,204)
Rise & fade · girls
125 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2005 at #94 (3,371 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2007–2008
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 548
  • Highest: 1 in 548 girls born in 2005 were named Gracie (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,196 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.7% of all girls named Gracie (27,488) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #231 (1904) → #1,447 (1986) → #94 (2005)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s386#282 (1883)#334
1890s929#265 (1897)#289
1900s1,637#231 (1904)#254
1910s3,543#246 (1910)#283
1920s5,160#279 (1925)#291
1930s4,362#282 (1936)#298
1940s3,873#309 (1940)#370
1950s3,297#439 (1950)#495
1960s2,106#545 (1960)#722
1970s1,006#947 (1973)#1,187
1980s1,052#1,172 (1981)#1,285
1990s2,417#339 (1999)#1,096
2000s27,488#94 (2005)#131
2010s19,109#130 (2010)#170
2020s7,756#207 (2020)#237

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gracie in 1914

girls
#286
339 births · 1 in 2,247 girls

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #286Gracie339
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 2,247 of them was named Gracie, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gracie
  1. #283Josie344
  2. #284Carmela341
  3. #285Olivia340
  4. #286Gracie339
  5. #287Gussie336
  6. #287Lessie336
  7. #289Imogene333
Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914