# Graciela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/graciela/  
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 | 16,354 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 39 / 16,315 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 138 | 1,580 |
| 2012 | 157 | 1,453 |
| 2013 | 143 | 1,532 |
| 2014 | 131 | 1,638 |
| 2015 | 115 | 1,817 |
| 2016 | 108 | 1,887 |
| 2017 | 106 | 1,909 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,714 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,633 |
| 2020 | 104 | 1,862 |
| 2021 | 105 | 1,889 |
| 2022 | 105 | 1,908 |
| 2023 | 95 | 2,054 |
| 2024 | 102 | 1,948 |
| 2025 | 109 | 1,835 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7 | 4,124 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,779 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,710 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,918 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,315 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,494 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,345 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Graciela

- Graciela Borges, actress
- Graciela Chichilnisky, American economist
- Graciela Alfano, Argentine model, actress, and TV entertainer
- Graciela Daniele, American dancer and choreographer
- Graciela Fernández Meijide, Argentine human rights activist and politician
- Graciela Rodo Boulanger, Bolivian artist
- Amelia Vargas, Cuban actress and dancer

## 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.