Grace
Grace was given to 5,127 girls in 2025, #38 among girls’ names; 536,340 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 311,000 Americans named Grace and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 13 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Grace by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Grace mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Grace is “a female given name from English.”
From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
/ɡɹeɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Grace?
#38 among girls’ names, 2025
Grace fell from #19 in 2015 to #38 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 4.3 to 3.2 per 1,000.
12,801 babies in 2003, the peak
Grace peaked in 2003, when 12,801 babies were given it (12,781 girls, #13 among girls’ names). The 5,139 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 40% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,127 | #38 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 5,033 | #40 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 4,908 | #39 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 5,296 | #35 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 5,542 | #33 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 5,627 | #28 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 6,111 | #28 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 6,789 | #24 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 7,087 | #21 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 7,617 | #19 | 4.3 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7,680 | #19 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 7,660 | #20 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 7,387 | #22 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 7,393 | #21 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 7,642 | #16 | 4.3 |
| 2010 | 7,692 | #18 | 4.3 |
| 2009 | 8,322 | #17 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | 9,042 | #21 | 4.8 |
| 2007 | 9,769 | #20 | 5.1 |
| 2006 | 10,974 | #16 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 11,865 | #14 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | 12,536 | #13 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | 12,781 | #13 | 7.0 |
| 2002 | 12,056 | #15 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 12,090 | #16 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 11,285 | #19 | 6.2 |
| 1999 | 9,181 | #27 | 5.2 |
| 1998 | 5,724 | #53 | 3.2 |
| 1997 | 4,639 | #69 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 3,742 | #94 | 2.1 |
| 1995 | 3,473 | #97 | 2.0 |
| 1994 | 3,177 | #103 | 1.8 |
| 1993 | 2,705 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 2,659 | #127 | 1.4 |
| 1991 | 2,386 | #133 | 1.3 |
| 1990 | 2,186 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1989 | 1,927 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 1,708 | #165 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 1,380 | #198 | 0.79 |
| 1986 | 1,158 | #226 | 0.68 |
| 1985 | 1,066 | #242 | 0.62 |
| 1984 | 1,016 | #246 | 0.60 |
| 1983 | 997 | #240 | 0.60 |
| 1982 | 951 | #260 | 0.56 |
| 1981 | 832 | #292 | 0.50 |
| 1980 | 761 | #317 | 0.46 |
| 1979 | 690 | #342 | 0.43 |
| 1978 | 587 | #362 | 0.38 |
| 1977 | 526 | #398 | 0.34 |
| 1976 | 526 | #390 | 0.36 |
| 1975 | 567 | #366 | 0.39 |
| 1974 | 535 | #390 | 0.36 |
| 1973 | 604 | #352 | 0.41 |
| 1972 | 607 | #362 | 0.40 |
| 1971 | 678 | #360 | 0.41 |
| 1970 | 776 | #338 | 0.44 |
| 1969 | 693 | #340 | 0.41 |
| 1968 | 751 | #318 | 0.46 |
| 1967 | 896 | #283 | 0.54 |
| 1966 | 936 | #277 | 0.55 |
| 1965 | 1,113 | #256 | 0.63 |
| 1964 | 1,211 | #255 | 0.64 |
| 1963 | 1,274 | #248 | 0.66 |
| 1962 | 1,329 | #238 | 0.68 |
| 1961 | 1,444 | #230 | 0.72 |
| 1960 | 1,566 | #212 | 0.77 |
| 1959 | 1,667 | #204 | 0.82 |
| 1958 | 1,703 | #199 | 0.85 |
| 1957 | 1,922 | #186 | 0.94 |
| 1956 | 1,838 | #189 | 0.92 |
| 1955 | 1,391 | #216 | 0.71 |
| 1954 | 1,410 | #213 | 0.73 |
| 1953 | 1,383 | #213 | 0.74 |
| 1952 | 1,525 | #194 | 0.82 |
| 1951 | 1,579 | #182 | 0.88 |
| 1950 | 1,511 | #183 | 0.88 |
| 1949 | 1,608 | #173 | 0.94 |
| 1948 | 1,678 | #167 | 1.0 |
| 1947 | 1,883 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 1,763 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1945 | 1,745 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 1944 | 1,926 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1943 | 2,121 | #130 | 1.5 |
| 1942 | 2,158 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1941 | 2,102 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1940 | 2,386 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1939 | 2,371 | #108 | 2.2 |
| 1938 | 2,609 | #100 | 2.4 |
| 1937 | 2,710 | #94 | 2.5 |
| 1936 | 2,791 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1935 | 2,994 | #83 | 2.9 |
| 1934 | 3,087 | #79 | 3.0 |
| 1933 | 3,329 | #69 | 3.3 |
| 1932 | 3,536 | #72 | 3.3 |
| 1931 | 3,712 | #70 | 3.5 |
| 1930 | 4,218 | #62 | 3.7 |
| 1929 | 4,569 | #54 | 4.1 |
| 1928 | 4,989 | #52 | 4.3 |
| 1927 | 5,304 | #50 | 4.4 |
| 1926 | 5,427 | #46 | 4.6 |
| 1925 | 5,983 | #44 | 4.9 |
| 1924 | 6,327 | #43 | 5.1 |
| 1923 | 6,316 | #39 | 5.2 |
| 1922 | 6,743 | #38 | 5.6 |
| 1921 | 7,230 | #35 | 5.9 |
| 1920 | 7,172 | #37 | 6.0 |
| 1919 | 7,195 | #34 | 6.4 |
| 1918 | 7,770 | #31 | 6.7 |
| 1917 | 7,373 | #30 | 6.8 |
| 1916 | 7,461 | #26 | 7.1 |
| 1915 | 7,044 | #27 | 7.2 |
| 1914 | 5,594 | #25 | 7.3 |
| 1913 | 4,669 | #25 | 7.5 |
| 1912 | 4,418 | #24 | 7.9 |
| 1911 | 3,304 | #23 | 7.9 |
| 1910 | 3,145 | #23 | 7.9 |
| 1909 | 2,912 | #21 | 8.4 |
| 1908 | 2,901 | #19 | 8.7 |
| 1907 | 2,747 | #20 | 8.6 |
| 1906 | 2,626 | #19 | 8.9 |
| 1905 | 2,630 | #19 | 9.0 |
| 1904 | 2,513 | #19 | 9.1 |
| 1903 | 2,616 | #16 | 10.0 |
| 1902 | 2,642 | #17 | 10.0 |
| 1901 | 2,398 | #15 | 10.0 |
| 1900 | 2,942 | #17 | 9.8 |
| 1899 | 2,353 | #15 | 10.1 |
| 1898 | 2,726 | #15 | 10.5 |
| 1897 | 2,458 | #14 | 10.5 |
| 1896 | 2,485 | #17 | 10.4 |
| 1895 | 2,448 | #18 | 10.5 |
| 1894 | 2,361 | #19 | 10.6 |
| 1893 | 2,308 | #16 | 10.8 |
| 1892 | 2,299 | #16 | 10.8 |
| 1891 | 2,088 | #14 | 11.3 |
| 1890 | 2,278 | #13 | 12.0 |
| 1889 | 2,049 | #15 | 11.5 |
| 1888 | 2,090 | #15 | 11.7 |
| 1887 | 1,692 | #15 | 11.6 |
| 1886 | 1,723 | #14 | 11.9 |
| 1885 | 1,575 | #14 | 11.8 |
| 1884 | 1,525 | #13 | 11.8 |
| 1883 | 1,307 | #13 | 11.6 |
| 1882 | 1,195 | #16 | 11.1 |
| 1881 | 1,089 | #15 | 11.8 |
| 1880 | 982 | #19 | 10.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Grace a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Grace has been given almost only to girls: 1,405 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Grace: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Grace, and how old are they?
311,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 536,340 Americans ever recorded as Grace. The median Grace alive today is 22 years old; half are between 13 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 322,614 people named Grace (321,949 women and girls, 665 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 296,970 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 22,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 30,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 152,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 81,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Grace born?
The states with the most babies named Grace are California, Texas and Florida, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 468 | #51 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 461 | #47 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 328 | #32 | 0.8× |
| New York | 322 | #29 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 244 | #18 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 210 | #23 | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 193 | #9 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 185 | #36 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 175 | #27 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 171 | #25 | 1.1× |
Where Grace is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Grace is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Grace with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 634,119 babies since 1880, Grace is the most given (85% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5,139 of their 6,572 babies (78%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Grace
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Grace and names like it
- Compare Grace and GracieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sGrace peaked in 2003.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Grace since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Grace: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2003The year the most babies were named Grace.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Grace alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.