| Gracie | Kinsley | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | grace | King’s meadow |
| Origin | english | English |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | GRAY-see | KINZ-lee |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1880 | 1978 |
| Peak year | 2007 (3,480) | 2017 (4,053) |
| In 2025 | 1,344 | 2,671 |
| Trend | Declining | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Gracie | Kinsley |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 7,756 | 20,182 |
| 2010s | 19,109 | 26,306 |
| 2000s | 27,488 | 2,985 |
| 1990s | 2,417 | 425 |
| 1980s | 1,052 | 110 |
| 1970s | 1,006 | 8 |
| 1960s | 2,106 | 0 |
| 1950s | 3,297 | 0 |
| 1940s | 3,873 | 0 |
| 1930s | 4,362 | 0 |
| 1920s | 5,160 | 0 |
| 1910s | 3,543 | 0 |
| 1900s | 1,637 | 0 |
| 1890s | 929 | 0 |
| 1880s | 386 | 0 |
A pet form of Grace, which comes from Latin 'gratia' (favour, divine grace). Shares the Latin grace root directly; used as an independent given name.
Kinsley is an English place name meaning “king’s meadow.”
Kinsley is more popular than Gracie today: about 2,671 US babies were given the name Kinsley in 2025, compared with 1,344 named Gracie.
Gracie means grace (english origin), while Kinsley means King’s meadow (English origin).
In US records, Gracie first appears in 1880 and Kinsley in 1978, so Gracie has the longer recorded history.