Gracie
- Pronunciation
- [Gra-cie]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Grace
- Origin
- English
About the Name Gracie
Gracie originated as an English short form of Grace (see separate entry on Grace for the underlying Latin gratia etymology meaning "favor" or "divine grace"). Gracie has been used as a casual diminutive of Grace for centuries, transitioning from nickname to standalone first name in 20th-century American naming.
The name's most influential mid-20th-century anchor is American comedian Gracie Allen (1895–1964), the comedy partner and wife of George Burns whose deadpan-confused-yet-wise comic persona made her one of the iconic comedy figures of mid-20th-century American radio and television. The Burns and Allen Show ran for over thirty years across multiple media (1929 radio through 1958 television) and anchored the Gracie name in mid-century American cultural memory.
The contemporary American Gracie surge is part of the broader vintage-revival wave alongside Sadie, Maggie, and Hattie. The name climbed from outside the US top 200 in 1990 to the US top 200 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 200 since. Notable bearers include American actress Gracie Hamel, country singer Gracie Newsom, and various contemporary YouTube influencers. The name's appeal is its compact warm register — two short syllables, soft consonants, instantly readable, and the in-built friendly-vintage register that contrasts with longer formal names. The longer formal Grace remains in use as Gracie's official-document version for parents who want both options. Common nicknames are scarce since Gracie is itself a nickname-shape — Grace, Gee, and the rare Gracie-bear each occasionally appear. International variants are minimal since the name is essentially English-language; the related Italian Grazia and Spanish Gracia are the formal versions in those languages.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Gracie
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Gracie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 3,480 girls named Gracie (girl rank #96 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #227 for girls (1,344 US births). That's 131 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Gracie Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Gracie the strongest states are Utah, Vermont, West Virginia.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | #74 | 467 |
| 2 | Vermont | #87 | 16 |
| 3 | West Virginia | #94 | 158 |
| 4 | Idaho | #101 | 162 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | #109 | 313 |
| 6 | Kentucky | #112 | 352 |
| 7 | North Dakota | #118 | 71 |
| 8 | Arkansas | #124 | 225 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #136 | 475 |
| 10 | Montana | #141 | 61 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #495 | 152 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #477 | 111 |
| 3 | New York | #421 | 390 |
| 4 | Connecticut | #400 | 48 |
| 5 | Maryland | #392 | 139 |
| 6 | California | #337 | 990 |
| 7 | Illinois | #333 | 324 |
| 8 | South Carolina | #305 | 148 |
| 9 | Virginia | #293 | 262 |
| 10 | Florida | #279 | 617 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Gracie in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gracia | Grace | Female | Spanish |
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Compare Gracie to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Gracie against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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