How Many People Are Named Gracious?
An estimated 197 people in the United States have the first name Gracious. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Gracious peaked in popularity in 2019 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gracious as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Gracious paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
197
About 1 in 1,739,870 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2019
14 births
Total Registered
199
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gracious
Gracious is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 199 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Gracious as a female name
Ranked #12,577 in 2024
7 female births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (14 births)
Gracious: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gracious span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 87 babies were registered. While Gracious is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Gracious by Decade
How has Gracious tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Gracious + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gracious as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Gracious
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Gracious: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gracious?
We estimate approximately 197 people named Gracious are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,739,870 Americans share this first name.
Is Gracious a common name?
Gracious is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 199 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gracious most popular?
Gracious reached peak popularity in 2019, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gracious is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gracious a female name?
Gracious is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gracious Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gracious Smith, Gracious Johnson, Gracious Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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