How Many People Are Named Graciela?

14,780

people named Graciela are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 23,124 people in the US has this name

Based on 16,354 babies named Graciela in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,931

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,047

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Peak Year

1998

428 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: gra-THYE-la (European Spanish), gra-SYE-la (Latin American Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Elaboration of GRACIA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.8%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Graciela (99.8%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Graciela alive today is about 39 years old, and 40% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 56 in 2025.

Under 30 5,788
39.2%
30 to 59 5,970
40.4%
60 and over 3,022
20.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Graciela first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1998, to 428 babies. In 2025, 109 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Graciela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #574, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #1,835.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,835
Best rank#574 (1998)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#786 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Graciela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Graciela were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5,339 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Graciela was given 5.7 times as often in Texas, 3 times in California and 2.5 times in Arizona.

Texas 5,339
California 4,504
Illinois 594
Arizona 454
Florida 334
New York 309
Washington 132
Colorado 103
North Carolina 84
New Mexico 60
New Jersey 53
Michigan 53
Oregon 53
Georgia 49
Nevada 33
Minnesota 25
Oklahoma 22
Indiana 20
Ohio 18
Virginia 15
Wisconsin 13
Iowa 10
Maryland 6
Kansas 6
Pennsylvania 5
Utah 5
District of Columbia 5
Nebraska 5

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