Fun Facts About the Name Gracey
- More than 2 thousand babies named Gracey: U.S. records list 2,611 babies given the name Gracey from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gracey Mean?
Gracey is a spelling variant of Gracie, an English pet form of the name Grace. Grace comes from the Latin noun gratia, meaning "grace," "favor," or "thanks." That noun goes back to the adjective gratus, "pleasing" or "thankful."
In Christian Latin, gratia took on the sense of the unmerited favor of God, and this religious meaning is the usual interpretation of the name today. The literal sense stays "grace" or "favor"; the theological reading is a customary extension of it, not a separate etymology.
Gracey is also found as a surname in Scotland and Ulster, where it is generally treated as a variant of Gracie or as a family name taken from Grace. Surname derivations of this kind are not always certain.
Gracey Name History & Origins
The name Grace was in use in England in the Middle Ages, and it became more common in the 1600s, when Puritan families favored short virtue names such as Grace, Faith, and Hope. The pet form Gracie developed through the ordinary English habit of adding -ie or -y to a name, as in Annie from Ann or Katie from Kate. Gracey is a respelling of that pet form, using -y in place of -ie.
Gracey is also recorded as a surname in Scotland and in Ulster, where it is usually taken to be a variant of Gracie or a name derived from Grace. As a given name, Gracey is used in English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, and it is best understood as an alternative spelling of Gracie rather than as a distinct naming tradition with its own separate history.
How Popular is the Name Gracey?
Gracey has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2005. Its best rank was #1,241 in 2005.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,020 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #3,985 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2023 | #5,816 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #4,512 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #4,658 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #3,803 | 38 | 0.0024% |
| 2019 | #3,187 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 2018 | #3,700 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #2,613 | 67 | 0.0039% |
| 2016 | #2,776 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2015 | #2,691 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2014 | #2,399 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 2013 | #2,290 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 2012 | #1,987 | 98 | 0.0056% |
| 2011 | #1,988 | 99 | 0.0056% |
| 2010 | #1,849 | 110 | 0.0062% |
| 2009 | #1,577 | 143 | 0.0078% |
| 2008 | #1,475 | 159 | 0.0084% |
| 2007 | #1,557 | 146 | 0.0076% |
| 2006 | #1,392 | 163 | 0.0086% |
| 2005 | #1,241 | 183 | 0.0099% |
| 2004 | #1,388 | 150 | 0.0082% |
| 2003 | #1,261 | 166 | 0.0091% |
| 2002 | #1,398 | 138 | 0.0077% |
| 2001 | #1,526 | 122 | 0.0068% |
| 2000 | #1,975 | 85 | 0.0047% |
| 1999 | #2,910 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1998 | #5,016 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1997 | #5,283 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1996 | #5,614 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #10,912 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #7,788 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #10,980 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #12,289 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #8,840 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #11,891 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #11,321 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #6,804 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #9,111 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #7,074 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #7,175 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #5,215 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1941 | #3,720 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1929 | #4,872 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #5,397 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1920 | #4,614 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,518 | 6 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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