Gracelyn Girl
How popular is Gracelyn?
#466 girl name in 2025
659 baby girls were named Gracelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 466th most popular girl name.
Gracelyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #466 for girls (▼ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 659 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #354 in 2015, #321 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (980 girls) |
| Highest rank | #321 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gracelyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gracelynn family of names ranked #244 for girls in 2025 (#233 the year before), with 1,374 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gracelynn | 698 | 51% |
| Gracelyn | 659 | 48% |
| Gracelynne | 11 | 1% |
| Gracelin | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gracelyn is most popular
Babies named Gracelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 2.5 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Maine: 1.5 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Alabama: 1.3 per 1,000 (120 girls)
- Kentucky: 1.3 per 1,000 (109 girls)
Gracelyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1940s | 21 | #3,446 |
| 1950s | 21 | #5,207 |
| 1960s | 13 | #5,288 |
| 1970s | 13 | #6,946 |
| 1980s | 24 | #8,386 |
| 1990s | 269 | #1,972 |
| 2000s | 2,888 | #572 |
| 2010s | 8,086 | #333 |
| 2020s | 4,572 | #321 |
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Questions
- Is Gracelyn a boy or girl name?
- Gracelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gracelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Gracelyn?
- 659 baby girls were named Gracelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 466th most popular girl name.
- When was Gracelyn most popular?
- Gracelyn peaked in 2018, when 980 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #321 in 2020.
- How many people are named Gracelyn?
- 15,917 babies have been named Gracelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,807 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Gracelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gracelyn was most common in West Virginia, at 2.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.