NameTides

Gracelyn

Gracelyn was the #466 girls' name in the US in 2025 (659 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,031 in Canada.

Gracelyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Gracelyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Gracelyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#466 (659)#3,333 (7)#632 (4)—#1,031 (26)
2024#465 (674)#3,319 (7)——#1,194 (21)
2023#487 (630)#5,688 (3)——#868 (31)
2022#414 (760)#2,889 (8)——#679 (41)
2021#356 (876)#2,201 (12)——#627 (47)
2020#321 (973)#2,615 (9)—#834 (3)#596 (48)
2019#333 (961)#4,686 (4)——#692 (43)
2018#333 (980)#5,666 (3)——#736 (39)
2017#339 (948)#3,583 (6)——#794 (35)
2016#357 (917)———#675 (44)
2015#354 (925)#4,103 (5)——#674 (43)
2014#400 (816)#4,003 (5)——#685 (42)
2013#407 (751)#2,887 (8)——#676 (42)
2012#509 (599)#5,876 (3)——#904 (29)
2011#477 (623)———#744 (37)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #321.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gracelyn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gracelyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #394MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #226INOhio: #228OHPennsylvania: #310PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #233KYWest Virginia: #139WVVirginia: #345VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #226TNNorth Carolina: #427NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #290GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #663TXFlorida: #768FL
Gracelyn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Gracelyn (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GracelynCanadaGirls#1,03126
GracelynEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
GracelynIrelandGirls—too few
GracelynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GracelynScotlandGirls#6324
GracelynUSGirls#466659