Graciela
Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez, known by the mononym Graciela, was a Cuban singer of Cuban music and Latin jazz.
Meaning & Origin of Graciela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez, known by the mononym Graciela, was a Cuban singer of Cuban music and Latin jazz.
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The Story of Graciela
Graciela first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1916, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 428 Gracielas were born — ranking #574 that year. As of 2026, Graciela ranks #1,985 for baby girls with 99 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 16K Gracielas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Graciela
Graciela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Graciela's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #574. Use the chart and map above to compare Graciela'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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