Gracelyn

Meaning: Charm, God's favor
Origin: English — Elaboration of Grace with the ending -lyn

Girl's name · #466 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Gracelyn is near its high-water mark: it reached #321 in 2020 and still ranked #466 in 2025. About 16,000 girls have carried it since 1924.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#632 in Scotland (2025) · #1,031 in Canada (2025) · #3,333 in England & Wales (2025) · #7,522 in Ecuador (2021) · #834 in Ireland (2020) · #2,503 in Austria (2019).

Famous Gracelyns

Gracelyn Smallwood — Australian professor of nursing and midwifery (born 1951)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Gracelynn (#442), Gracelyn would rank around #226 with about 1,400 births last year — the newborns split about 51/49 between Gracelynn and Gracelyn.

Similar names: Gracelynn · Raelyn · Gracyn · Everlee · Braelynn · Londyn

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