Gracie
Gracie is a surname and a feminine given name, usually a diminutive form of Grace.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Gracie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gracie is a surname and a feminine given name, usually a diminutive form of Grace.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Gracie
American parents first put Gracie on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 18 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 3,480 Gracies were born — ranking #96 that year. About 32% of every Gracie on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Gracie ranks #264 for baby girls with 1,217 births, gradually falling (-15%). All told, over 85K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Gracie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gracie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Gracie
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About the name Gracie
Gracie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 85K births in the dataset. Gracie's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #94. Use the chart and map above to compare Gracie'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.