Grace Girl
How popular is Grace?
#38 girl name in 2025
5,127 baby girls were named Grace in the US in 2025, making it the 38th most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
Grace popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #38 for girls (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,127 girls, 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #19 in 2015, #28 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (12,781 girls) |
| Highest rank | #13 in 1883 (5 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Grace counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Grace family of names ranked #47 for girls in 2025 (#51 the year before), with 5,142 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grace | 5,127 | 100% |
| Grayce | 15 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Grace is most popular
Babies named Grace per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 9.8 per 1,000 (152 girls)
- District of Columbia: 9.1 per 1,000 (108 girls)
- Rhode Island: 8.9 per 1,000 (112 girls)
- New Hampshire: 8.6 per 1,000 (158 girls)
- Vermont: 8.3 per 1,000 (40 girls)
Grace by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15,227 | #13 |
| 1890s | 23,804 | #13 |
| 1900s | 26,927 | #15 |
| 1910s | 57,973 | #23 |
| 1920s | 60,060 | #35 |
| 1930s | 31,357 | #62 |
| 1940s | 19,370 | #105 |
| 1950s | 15,929 | #182 |
| 1960s | 11,213 | #212 |
| 1970s | 6,096 | #338 |
| 1980s | 11,796 | #150 |
| 1990s | 39,872 | #27 |
| 2000s | 110,720 | #13 |
| 2010s | 73,058 | #16 |
| 2020s | 31,533 | #28 |
Girl names about as popular as Grace
Questions
- Is Grace a boy or girl name?
- Grace is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Grace were girls.
- How popular is the name Grace?
- 5,127 baby girls were named Grace in the US in 2025, making it the 38th most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
- When was Grace most popular?
- Grace peaked in 2003, when 12,781 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #13, held for 5 years starting in 1883.
- How many people are named Grace?
- 536,340 babies have been named Grace in the US since 1880. We estimate about 316,562 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Grace most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Grace was most common in Maine, at 9.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.