Gracyn
Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher was an American tennis player. She was active on ILTF World Circuit from 1930 to 1961 where she contested 85 career singles finals and won 48 titles.
Meaning & Origin of Gracyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher was an American tennis player. She was active on ILTF World Circuit from 1930 to 1961 where she contested 85 career singles finals and won 48 titles.
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The Story of Gracyn
Gracyn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 232 Gracyns were born — ranking #1,070 that year. As of 2026, Gracyn ranks #3,046 for baby girls with 53 births, falling sharply (-50%). In total, more than 4K Gracyns 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 Gracyn
Gracyn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Gracyn's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #1,070. Use the chart and map above to compare Gracyn'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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