Gracen
Gracen is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan. The population at the 2011 census was 2,192. The municipal unit consists of the villages Gracen, Plangaricë, Tërbaç, Bodin, Shingjin, Gjormë, Pajengë, Mamli and Dopaj.
Meaning & Origin of Gracen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gracen is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Elbasan. The population at the 2011 census was 2,192. The municipal unit consists of the villages Gracen, Plangaricë, Tërbaç, Bodin, Shingjin, Gjormë, Pajengë, Mamli and Dopaj.
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The Story of Gracen
As a girl name
Gracen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1989, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 126 Gracens were born — ranking #1,693 that year. As of 2026, Gracen ranks #5,945 for girls with 20 births, falling sharply (-56%). In total, more than 2K Gracens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Gracen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1995, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 84 Gracens were born — ranking #1,804 that year. As of 2026, Gracen ranks #2,701 for boys with 48 births, falling sharply (-25%). In total, more than 1K Gracens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Gracen
Gracen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Gracen's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #1,687. Use the chart and map above to compare Gracen'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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