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Gracen

#5,786 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Gracen has been given to 3,531 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #5,786 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 126 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% girls, 37% boys all-time.

Babies named Gracen, 2025

1 in 158,000

Gracen over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Gracen over time

In 2025, Gracen went to 33% girls and 67% boys.

19892025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Gracen: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gracen means

Gracen is a given name.

The naming story behind Gracen

Wikidata records Gracen as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q107401947, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,233 girls were recorded with the name Gracen between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 126 in 2016; its best national rank was #1,690 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,070 in 2020 to #5,786 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,045 in 2015 to #5,786 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,298 boys were recorded with the name Gracen between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 2017; its best national rank was #1,805 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,196 in 2020 to #2,953 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,964 in 2015 to #2,953 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Gracen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 76,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,786
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gracen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gracen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gracens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gracen was born before 2009 — so the typical Gracen is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,233
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 41.3% of all recorded uses (922).

Is Gracen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−847
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,716
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,741
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.22×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.7%
Peak was 2016 (126)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,690
2003

Spellings of Gracen

Gracen is not the most common spelling — Grace is, with 67.3% against Gracen's 0.28%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gracen is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Gracen was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 49,542 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

113 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 7,692
  2. 2Georgia1 in 16,667
  3. 3Indiana1 in 25,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 25,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 50,000
  6. 6California1 in 100,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Gracen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Gracen was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 50,419 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 25,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 33,333
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 33,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5Missouri1 in 50,000
  6. 6California1 in 100,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Gracen around the world

Where Gracen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2003–2020
    #3,347
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1995–2007
    #803
    in 2007

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gracen in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Gracen. Linked forms have their own page here.

GraceGretchen

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Gracen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,786
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,716
Best rank ever
#1,690
2003
Peak year
2016
126 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,233
Count in 2025
21

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,953
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 757
Best rank ever
#1,805
2017
Peak year
2017
84 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,298
Count in 2025
42

Names similar to Gracen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

GraycenGraciaGraceyGraceeGracynGrayceGracyGraciGraysonGraysenGradyAlicenGrayceeGraceynGraycieGrahamGraceannGradieGrayGraclynGraelynGraciellaGrayleeGraciana

Names with a curve like Gracen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Gracen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KiyahOlyviaKerriganNiyahJustyceKyahKyrahBaileighJadelynZoeeFaythGrayson

Sibling names for Gracen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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