Girls' name · since 1880
Grayce
Grayce has 4,424 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,137 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,424
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
4,424 babies have been named Grayce since 1880, making it today's #7137 girls' name.
Grayce has 4,424 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7137 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,787 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,137 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,424 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grayce ranks #2,787 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,137 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,424 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,137 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,424
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Grayce's 4,424 recorded births place it above 96.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Grayce compares
4,424 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Grayce's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Grayce | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,424 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 134 | 21 | 19,840 |
Grayce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Grayce's SSA record in two at 1944 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1882, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 134, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Grayce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 134
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Grayce by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (824 births, 19% of the file).
1910s was Grayce's strongest decade.
824 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Grayce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 97
1880s
97 births
- 1890s 215
1890s
215 births
- 1900s 311
1900s
311 births
- 1910s
1910s
824 births
- 1920s
1920s
745 births
- 1930s 280
1930s
280 births
- 1940s 181
1940s
181 births
- 1950s 110
1950s
110 births
- 1960s 62
1960s
62 births
- 1980s 49
1980s
49 births
- 1990s 162
1990s
162 births
- 2000s
2000s
789 births
- 2010s
2010s
474 births
- 2020s 125
2020s
125 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 824 births (19% of all-time use).
How Grayce compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Grayce's total volume
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 | 3.8% |
| #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 4,424 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Grayce appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Grayce's data
- Grayce's decade-level peak was the 1910s (824 total births); usage has since declined to 125 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Grayces (244 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Grayce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Grayce draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.