Graciela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- grah-see-EH-la
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,833 for girls
Graciela is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “grace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,833rd for girls in the US (109 babies).
What does Graciela mean?
Latin: Spanish diminutive of Gracia
“grace”
A Spanish diminutive of Gracia, 'grace', from Latin gratia.
Is Graciela a girl's or a boy's name?
Graciela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 109 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Graciela in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Graciela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Graciela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,833among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 109about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were named Graciela, making it the 1,833rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,860th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 428 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had more girls named Graciela than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Graciela in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Graciela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #1,833 for this spelling alone.
- Graciela 109
- Graciella 11
Graciela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | #1,833 |
| 2024 | 102 | #1,942 |
| 2023 | 95 | #2,050 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,907 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,885 |
| 2020 | 104 | #1,860 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,629 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,710 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,902 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,884 |
| 2015 | 115 | #1,814 |
| 2014 | 131 | #1,634 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,529 |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,452 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 187 | #1,274 |
| 2009 | 223 | #1,132 |
| 2008 | 222 | #1,157 |
| 2007 | 275 | #976 |
| 2006 | 237 | #1,074 |
| 2005 | 278 | #901 |
| 2004 | 287 | #855 |
| 2003 | 276 | #869 |
| 2002 | 241 | #931 |
| 2001 | 275 | #834 |
| 2000 | 279 | #811 |
| 1999 | 307 | #731 |
| 1998 | 428 | #574 |
| 1997 | 287 | #744 |
| 1996 | 274 | #768 |
| 1995 | 283 | #721 |
| 1994 | 252 | #801 |
| 1993 | 220 | #877 |
| 1992 | 218 | #896 |
| 1991 | 216 | #897 |
| 1990 | 191 | #973 |
| 1989 | 203 | #902 |
| 1988 | 154 | #1,043 |
| 1987 | 159 | #986 |
| 1986 | 152 | #1,012 |
| 1985 | 180 | #886 |
| 1984 | 166 | #898 |
| 1983 | 191 | #811 |
| 1982 | 178 | #865 |
| 1981 | 187 | #835 |
| 1980 | 240 | #708 |
| 1979 | 236 | #715 |
| 1978 | 211 | #739 |
| 1977 | 211 | #727 |
| 1976 | 231 | #662 |
| 1975 | 210 | #707 |
| 1974 | 242 | #634 |
| 1973 | 231 | #648 |
| 1972 | 189 | #738 |
| 1971 | 193 | #757 |
| 1970 | 227 | #690 |
| 1969 | 215 | #677 |
| 1968 | 205 | #678 |
| 1967 | 213 | #656 |
| 1966 | 222 | #644 |
| 1965 | 201 | #694 |
| 1964 | 218 | #701 |
| 1963 | 189 | #749 |
| 1962 | 193 | #743 |
| 1961 | 236 | #672 |
| 1960 | 173 | #776 |
| 1959 | 224 | #668 |
| 1958 | 179 | #745 |
| 1957 | 202 | #699 |
| 1956 | 188 | #697 |
| 1955 | 158 | #753 |
| 1954 | 169 | #708 |
| 1953 | 189 | #651 |
| 1952 | 166 | #690 |
| 1951 | 155 | #700 |
| 1950 | 122 | #784 |
| 1949 | 135 | #728 |
| 1948 | 125 | #763 |
| 1947 | 97 | #897 |
| 1946 | 90 | #873 |
| 1945 | 73 | #881 |
| 1944 | 69 | #925 |
| 1943 | 50 | #1,142 |
| 1942 | 54 | #1,065 |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,097 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,308 |
| 1938 | 45 | #1,069 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,355 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,115 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,442 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,460 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
Nicknames for Graciela
Names like Graciela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca Gabriella Fatima Athena Olivia Aurora Valentina Liliana Lara Diana Liana Eliana
Other spellings of Graciela
Names related to Graciela
More Latin names
Oliver Leo Roman Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Graciela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/graciela, updated 20 October 2026.