Grayce — #8930 US girls' name
4,408 babies named Grayce in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Grayce was born in this single decade.
134 babies were named Grayce in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Grayce
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,408 babies named Grayce between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Grayce currently holds the #8930 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 134 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Grayce performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 824 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Grayce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 244 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Grayce in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Grayce in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,408 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Grayce at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Grayce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1917)
- 134
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #8930 among girls.
4,408 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 134 births in a single year.
Grayce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 824 births that decade — 19% of Grayce's all-time total
Grayce decade highlights
- Peak decade 824 births
- Runner-up 789 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Grayce's strongest decade
824 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Grayce by state
Where Grayce concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 244 | 5.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 170 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 151 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 124 | 2.8% |
| #5 | California | | 79 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 59 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 50 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 40 | 0.9% |
244 of 4,408 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 5.5% of nationwide
- New York 3.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
- California 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 5.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Grayce appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.