Given name
Gradie
“one who is famous; noble”
Gradie is a variant of Grady. One interpretation is “one who is famous; noble.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gradie is a variant of Grady. One interpretation is “one who is famous; noble.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gradie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 648
- 426 boys · 222 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,352 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,352 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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