Gracey
Feminine · “grace”
Grace is a Latin word about a gift freely given, and it became an English name through the Puritans, who used it alongside Faith, Hope and Mercy. Gracey is the older diminutive form, and it is also a genuine medieval English name in its own right, from a time when Grace was Gracia in the records.
How old is the name Gracey?
Gracey first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Gracey alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 2,600 people named Gracey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Gracey most popular?
Gracey peaked in 2005, reaching #1239 nationally. Today it ranks #4987, 3,748 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From gratia to Gracey
The story of Gracey
Grace was in English use before the Puritans took it up, in the Latin form Gracia, and its everyday spoken form was Gracey. The virtue-naming of the seventeenth century made the plain form ordinary, and the whole family crossed to America with it. Gracey then served for centuries as the affectionate version, appearing on records as often as in speech, and in the last two decades it has been given as a full name again, along with Gracie and Graciela.
Meaning
grace; favor freely given
Latin gratia, favor, thanks or a gift that is not earned, which is exactly the theological sense the Puritans meant. The medieval Latin Gratia appears as a woman's name in English records long before the Reformation.
How the name formed
- gratia
- Gracia
- Grace
- Gracey
Related forms: Graciela · Grazia · Graça · Gracie
Pronouncing Gracey
GRAY-see
Two syllables, stress in front. Gracey and Gracie are said identically.
Nicknames for Gracey
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 2005183 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1239reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- −29.7%26 in 2025, from 37
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Gracey in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Graciela in Spanish — related form
- Grazia in Italian — same name
- Graça in Portuguese — same name
- Gracie in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.
Graceys among us
people named Gracey are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 61,818 born in 2025 was named Gracey
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Amiee test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Gracey's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Amiee climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Amiee's path sketches the road Gracey is walking now.
Gracey sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Gracey is headed
Gracey should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Gracey beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Gracey in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single word and a generous one, settled in both Latin and English.
- Grace stands behind it as a formal option with a long documented history.
- Every sound in it is ordinary English, so nobody stumbles.
- Gracie is the commoner modern spelling and will be written instead.
- Grace is very heavily used, so the formal form will not be distinctive.
- Diminutive names can read as informal on a document, though this one has a medieval record.
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Frequently asked
- How many Graceys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Gracey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Gracey in 2025?
- Gracey ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Gracey?
- About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Gracey — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Gracey with classmates?
- Gracey will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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