# Gracelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gracelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,917 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 15,917 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 92, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Coinage from Grace + Lyn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 623 | 477 |
| 2012 | 599 | 510 |
| 2013 | 751 | 407 |
| 2014 | 816 | 400 |
| 2015 | 925 | 354 |
| 2016 | 917 | 357 |
| 2017 | 948 | 339 |
| 2018 | 980 | 333 |
| 2019 | 961 | 333 |
| 2020 | 973 | 321 |
| 2021 | 876 | 356 |
| 2022 | 760 | 415 |
| 2023 | 630 | 487 |
| 2024 | 674 | 467 |
| 2025 | 659 | 466 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.