Gracelynn
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Meaning
modern blend of Grace (Latin 'favor, blessing') and the suffix '-lynn'
The story
Gracelynn is Grace wearing the -lynn finishing that Brooklynn and Adalynn also wear, the old virtue name given a modern second syllable. Grace itself is one of the giants of the whole ledger, about 521,100 Americans, and the blend borrows that standing while sounding brand new. The record is young: about 50 in the 1990s, 1,200 in the 2000s, 6,800 in the 2010s, and 5,100 so far this decade, closing on the full 2010s with years to run. It goes to girls without exception in our records: about 13,300 to none. Gracelyn, the single-n twin, runs slightly ahead at about 15,900, and the two rise and settle together the way spelling couples do. The virtue is the inheritance, the suffix is the fashion, and the certificate holds both: favor and blessing at the root, a ribbon on the end.
How popular is Gracelynn around the world?
In the United States, 5,148 babies were named Gracelynn between 2020 and 2025.
Gracelynn is on the official records of the United States, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 4,200
In the United States, 5,148 babies were named Gracelynn between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gracelynn peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 19,000
In Canada, 19 girls named Gracelynn were born in 2024, ranked 1,286th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 150,000
In England and Wales, 4 girls named Gracelynn were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
South Australia
last on record 2005
Gracelynn is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Gracelynn
Most people given the name Gracelynn in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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