Gracie
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.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gracie peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
273 people · the #20,383 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 44
Among people named Gracie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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.
The Gracie deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Gracie truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Gracie fits with your family’s names and surname.
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