Graceland
Graceland is a mansion on a 13.8-acre (5.6-hectare) estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, which American singer Elvis Presley once owned. He is buried there, as are his parents Vernon and Gladys, paternal grandmother Minnie Mae, grandson Benjamin, and daughter Lisa Marie.
Meaning & Origin of Graceland
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Graceland is a mansion on a 13.8-acre (5.6-hectare) estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, which American singer Elvis Presley once owned. He is buried there, as are his parents Vernon and Gladys, paternal grandmother Minnie Mae, grandson Benjamin, and daughter Lisa Marie.
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The Story of Graceland
American parents first put Graceland on the record books as a baby girl name in 2004, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 14 Gracelands were born — ranking #7,839 that year. About 51% of every Graceland on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Graceland last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 118 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Graceland
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About the name Graceland
Graceland is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 118 births in the dataset. Graceland's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #7,839. Use the chart and map above to compare Graceland'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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