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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #94, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #168 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 464 girlsAKMaine: #111 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 402 girlsMEVermont: #86 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 266 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 669 girlsNHWashington: #97 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 443 girlsWAIdaho: #64 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 269 girlsIDMontana: #46 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 174 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #54 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 192 girlsNDMinnesota: #125 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 515 girlsMNIllinois: #164 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 736 girlsILWisconsin: #82 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 371 girlsWIMichigan: #114 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 548 girlsMINew York: #323 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 1,732 girlsNYMassachusetts: #288 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,465 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedRIOregon: #65 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 306 girlsORNevada: #202 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 772 girlsNVWyoming: #53 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 159 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #30 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 132 girlsSDIowa: #61 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 277 girlsIAIndiana: #65 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 304 girlsINOhio: #104 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 479 girlsOHPennsylvania: #134 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 652 girlsPANew Jersey: #392 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,081 girlsNJConnecticut: #291 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,435 girlsCTCalifornia: #309 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 1,557 girlsCAUtah: #45 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 247 girlsUTColorado: #150 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 602 girlsCONebraska: #76 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 311 girlsNEMissouri: #57 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 253 girlsMOKentucky: #44 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 240 girlsKYWest Virginia: #49 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 205 girlsWVVirginia: #129 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 587 girlsVAMaryland: #263 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,225 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedDEArizona: #182 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 782 girlsAZNew Mexico: #246 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 906 girlsNMKansas: #70 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 315 girlsKSArkansas: #44 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 208 girlsARTennessee: #32 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 182 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #67 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 353 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #74 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 357 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gracie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #26 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 176 girlsOKLouisiana: #41 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 231 girlsLAMississippi: #37 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 202 girlsMSAlabama: #38 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 213 girlsALGeorgia: #68 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 363 girlsGAHawaii: #251 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 733 girlsHITexas: #141 for girls · 243 births · 1 in 655 girlsTXFlorida: #163 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 774 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#26 · 1 in 176
  2. South Dakota#30 · 1 in 132
  3. Tennessee#32 · 1 in 182
  4. Mississippi#37 · 1 in 202
  5. Alabama#38 · 1 in 213

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#26961 in 176
South Dakota#30231 in 132
Tennessee#321671 in 182
Mississippi#37581 in 202
Alabama#38911 in 213
Louisiana#41901 in 231
Arkansas#44581 in 208
Kentucky#44811 in 240
Utah#45741 in 247
Montana#46161 in 174
West Virginia#49351 in 205
Wyoming#5381 in 159
North Dakota#54131 in 192
Missouri#571121 in 253
Iowa#61491 in 277
Idaho#64241 in 269
Indiana#651071 in 304
Oregon#65521 in 306
North Carolina#671261 in 353
Georgia#681391 in 363
Kansas#70431 in 315
South Carolina#74481 in 357
Nebraska#76271 in 311
Wisconsin#82671 in 371
Vermont#8661 in 266
Washington#97651 in 443
Ohio#1041201 in 479
Maine#111111 in 402
Michigan#114881 in 548
Minnesota#125511 in 515
Virginia#129631 in 587
Pennsylvania#134851 in 652
Texas#1412431 in 655
Colorado#150411 in 602
Florida#1631061 in 774
Illinois#164931 in 736
Alaska#16851 in 464
New Hampshire#17871 in 669
Arizona#182441 in 782
Nevada#202141 in 772
New Mexico#24691 in 906
Hawaii#25151 in 733
Maryland#263201 in 1,225
Massachusetts#288201 in 1,465
Connecticut#291101 in 1,435
California#3091471 in 1,557
New York#323561 in 1,732
New Jersey#392201 in 2,081
Delaware
District of Columbia
Rhode Island

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 2004

girls
#114
2,941 births · 1 in 624 girls
boys
#4,793
17 births · 1 in 116,763 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #114Gracie2,941

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #4,793Gracie17
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 624 of them was named Gracie, which outranked 99.4% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gracie
  1. #111Madelyn3,006
  2. #112Shelby2,988
  3. #113Mariah2,982
  4. #114Gracie2,941
  5. #115Breanna2,898
  6. #116Mya2,896
  7. #117Kennedy2,886
Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 948Rubi#1,561#613
  2. 607Kaydence#984#377
  3. 548Marin#1,383#835
  4. 543Diya#1,416#873
  5. 479Kadence#869#390
Fallers
  1. 1,607Arly#949#2,556
  2. 433Shakira#747#1,180
  3. 414Anais#990#1,404
  4. 365Lisbeth#742#1,107
  5. 274Reanna#990#1,264

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

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 116,763 of them was named Gracie, which outranked 63.8% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gracie
  1. #4,602Zamar18
  2. #4,602Zarius18
  3. #4,602Zebediah18
  4. #4,793Gracie17
  5. #4,793Aaditya17
  6. #4,793Aarion17
  7. #4,793Adis17
  8. #5,007Aaren16
  9. #5,007Aarnav16
  10. #5,007Abdulahi16

Tied with 213 names at #4,793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 1,308Koda#2,238#930
  2. 1,190Tayshaun#2,153#963
  3. 1,006Kanye#1,492#486
  4. 910Kyan#1,497#587
  5. 814Jaidyn#1,630#816
Fallers
  1. 455Jahiem#873#1,328
  2. 325Ervin#942#1,267
  3. 323Jahir#809#1,132
  4. 282Jaheim#457#739
  5. 270Sabastian#946#1,216

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

See the top 100 for 2004