Altagracia
Altagracia is a Spanish feminine name, originating from "Our Lady of Altagracia", an epithet of Mary, mother of Jesus. Notable people with the name include:Altagracia Calderón (1837–1917), Mexican nurse and militant Altagracia Contreras, Dominican judoka Gina Altagracia Mambrú Casilla, Dominican volleyball player
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Altagracia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Altagracia is a Spanish feminine name, originating from "Our Lady of Altagracia", an epithet of Mary, mother of Jesus. Notable people with the name include:Altagracia Calderón (1837–1917), Mexican nurse and militant Altagracia Contreras, Dominican judoka Gina Altagracia Mambrú Casilla, Dominican volleyball player
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Altagracia
American parents first put Altagracia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1915, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 22 Altagracias were born — ranking #4,380 that year. Altagracia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 779 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Altagracia
Altagracia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 779 births in the dataset. Altagracia's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #4,380. Use the chart and map above to compare Altagracia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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