Declining since 2019, #11,932 for girls today.
Popularity of Graelyn since 2009
Babies named Graelyn per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 |
| 2010s | 161 |
| 2020s | 81 |
Meaning & origin
Graelyn is a modern invented name, first appearing in U.S. birth records in 2009. It reached its peak popularity in 2018 but has been gradually declining since 2019. In 2025, it ranked 11,932, with approximately 1 in 229,610 newborns receiving the name. The name is predominantly given to girls and is most common in the 2010s decade. Graelyn follows a contemporary trend of blending the popular name Grace with the fashionable suffix -lyn, seen in names like Madelyn and Evelyn.
Graelyn is a modern coinage, combining the sounds of Grace (derived from Latin gratia, meaning 'favor, thanks') and the popular suffix -lyn (from names like Lynn), a common pattern in 21st-century American naming. It first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Gray, Lyn
Sibling names for Graelyn
Names that share Graelyn's style, for a brother or sister.
