Grayce
Grayce was given to 15 girls in 2025, #7,251 among girls’ names; 4,424 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,890 Americans named Grayce and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 15 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Grayce by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Grayce?
#7,251 among girls’ names, 2025
Grayce fell from #3,105 in 2015 to #7,251 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 30.3 to 9.3 per million.
134 babies in 1917, the peak
Grayce peaked in 1917, when 134 girls were given it, #591 among girls’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,251 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,137 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,382 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,238 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,822 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,591 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,956 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,026 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,943 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,947 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 54 | #3,105 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 53 | #3,120 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,373 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,548 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,923 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,438 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,862 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,424 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,439 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,138 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 87 | #2,125 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,897 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 114 | #1,680 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,719 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,307 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,640 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,908 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,651 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,990 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,132 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,900 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,804 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,976 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,819 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,583 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,267 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,927 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,293 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,984 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,712 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,977 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,424 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,914 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,507 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,615 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,018 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,091 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,514 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,918 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,502 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,609 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,079 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,558 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,447 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,060 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,747 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,968 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,057 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,819 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,474 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,441 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,255 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,991 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,808 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,474 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,981 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,565 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,493 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,469 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 48 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 56 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 68 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 98 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 97 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 105 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 123 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 86 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 114 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 106 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 134 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 98 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 95 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 70 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 66 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 63 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 38 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 40 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 42 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 40 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 41 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 25 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 28 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 33 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 25 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 29 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 18 | #781 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 30 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 24 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 34 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 18 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 15 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 23 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 21 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 28 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 17 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 25 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 21 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1888 | 10 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 13 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,181 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 8 | #816 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 8 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 10 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 5 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 10 | #556 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 7 | #703 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Grayce a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Grayce has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Grayce: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Grayce, and how old are they?
1,890 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 4,424 Americans ever recorded as Grayce. The median Grayce alive today is 21 years old; half are between 15 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 1,859 people named Grayce (1,857 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,923 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 116 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 168 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 19 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 131 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,040 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 415 |
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 Grayce born?
The states with the most babies named Grayce are Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 244 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 170 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 151 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 124 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 79 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 59 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 50 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Wisconsin | 40 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 28 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Iowa | 27 | not ranked | 0.4× |
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 Grayce 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 632,739 babies since 1880, Grayce is the third most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 6,577 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
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 Grayce
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 Grayce and names like it
- Compare Grayce and GraceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sGrayce peaked in 1917.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Grayce since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Grayce.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Grayce alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.