Gracie
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Meaning
pet form of Grace
The story
Gracie is the affectionate English form of Grace, a virtue name drawn from Latin gratia, grace or favor. The -ie ending began as familiar speech, but Gracie has long stood independently on birth certificates rather than requiring a formal Grace behind it. Related traditions carry forms such as Italian Grazia, Portuguese Graça, and Spanish Gracia or Graciela, though they are not interchangeable nicknames in every family. The US curve has a small early history, settles lower through much of the twentieth century, rises dramatically in the 2000s, stays high in the 2010s, and eases in the 2020s. That pattern makes Gracie both vintage and distinctly modern in its current wave. It keeps the virtue meaning of Grace while changing the register: warmer, more playful, and complete enough to live on its own.
How popular is Gracie around the world?
In the United States, 7,756 babies were named Gracie between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 78 girls named Gracie were registered in 2024, the 51st most common name among girls that year.
Gracie is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, South Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Brazil.
United States
1 in 2,800
In the United States, 7,756 babies were named Gracie between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gracie peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Gracie went to 1,964 US babies in 2015 and 1,344 in 2025, 68% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 590
In Scotland, 78 girls named Gracie were registered in 2024, the 51st most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Ireland
1 in 950
In Ireland, 57 girls named Gracie were born in 2025, the 88th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
England and Wales
1 in 1,100
In England and Wales, 539 girls named Gracie were born in 2025, the 84th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
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
1 in 1,4002017
In South Australia, 13 girls were registered as Gracie in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
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
New Zealand
1 in 1,500
In New Zealand, 38 girls named Gracie were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Canada
1 in 3,600
In Canada, 101 girls named Gracie were born in 2024, the 300th most common name 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)
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 273 people in Brazil were named Gracie, ranked 20,383rd, with a median age of 44.
Among people named Gracie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Austria
last on record 2022
Gracie is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Mexico City City
last on record 2018
Gracie is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Montevideo City
last on record 1971
Gracie is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Not on the record in Spain, Argentina, Puerto Rico 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 France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. 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 Gracie
Most people given the name Gracie in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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