Fun Facts About the Name Gracielynn
- 154 babies named Gracielynn: U.S. records list 154 babies given the name Gracielynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gracielynn Mean?
Gracielynn is a modern compound name built from Grace (frequently in its pet form Gracie) plus the element Lynn. Grace goes back to Latin gratia, "favor, goodwill, charm," which comes from the adjective gratus, "pleasing, acceptable." In Christian Latin it was used to render Greek charis, "grace, favor," and it entered English both as a word and as a given name.
The second element, Lynn, is usually traced to Welsh llyn, "lake," and it also appears in English place names such as King's Lynn in Norfolk, whose name comes from an old Celtic word for a pool or lake. In compounds like Gracielynn, however, the -lynn ending normally serves as a decorative closing element rather than carrying its own literal sense, so the name is generally understood to mean simply "grace."
Gracielynn Name History & Origins
Grace is an old English given name. It was used in the Middle Ages and became much more common after the Protestant Reformation, when virtue names drawn from words rather than saints' names were favored. Gracie developed later as a familiar short form of Grace.
Lynn began as a surname, from the Welsh word for "lake" and from the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk. It started being used as a girl's given name in the late 19th century and became widespread in the mid-20th century. In the same period, -lynn grew into a popular ending for girls' names, as in Marilyn, Carolyn, Evelyn, and Jacquelyn.
Gracielynn follows that modern pattern: it joins the Grace/Gracie element to the -lynn ending in a single written name. It belongs with the related spellings Gracelyn, Gracelynn, and Gracelyne, all of which are formed the same way rather than descending from one older source.
How Popular is the Name Gracielynn?
Gracielynn 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 2012. Its best rank was #6,962 in 2012.
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 | #11,275 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #16,064 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #14,164 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #14,087 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #8,578 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #16,379 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #9,385 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #11,007 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #14,973 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #12,231 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #12,313 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #13,669 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #6,962 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #9,948 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #11,594 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #18,275 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #13,011 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #14,433 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #17,028 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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