Given name & surname
Gracie
In English and Scottish use, Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English and Scottish use, Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace. As a name, Grace carries the word’s association with divine favour. Grace’s meaning comes from a vocabulary word rather than a compound of older personal names.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English and Scottish use, Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace. Grace comes from the English abstract noun, which traces back to Latin gratia.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Gracie is a diminutive of Grace. Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace. In English and Scottish use, Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace. The shared background comes through Grace: The English word became a given name in its own right. In Ireland, Grace was also used as an English form of Grainne; that substitution is a separate naming tradition.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English and Scottish use, Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace. The history of Grace gives this family its wider story. Puritans used Grace as a given name in the seventeenth century. Later bearers such as the rescue heroine Grace Darling and the actress Grace Kelly added distinct historical associations to it.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Gracie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84,166
- 45 boys · 84,121 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 3,485 babies
- 2025
- 1,344
- #227 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,344 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 227 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,480 in 2007. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (121). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 56,345 as a first name in 2020; 921 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gracie’s family of names
In English usage, Gracie is a diminutive of Grace. In English usage, Gracie has a related form in GRACY. Gracie is an affectionate form of Grace.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gracie
- Gracie AbramsAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1999)
- Gracie AllenAmerican actress and entertainer (1896–1964)1895–1964
- Gracie GillamAmerican actress and singerborn 1992
- Gracie FieldsBritish actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979)
- Gracie GoldAmerican figure skaterborn 1995
- Gracie DziennyAmerican actressborn 1995
- Gracie ElvinAustralian cyclistborn 1988
- Gracie PfostAmerican politician (1906-1965)
- Gracie GilbertAustralian actressborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Gracie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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3% boys · 97% girls