Grace
Grace is ranked 40th among girls in 2024 (5,002 births). Its best rank was 13th, in 1883–1884, 1890, 2003–2004.
- Rank in 2024
- #40down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5,0020.31% of girls
- Peak year
- 200312,781 births
- Best rank
- #13first in 1883
- Since 1880
- 531,126people given the name
The story in the numbers
529,733 girls have been named Grace in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 12,781 births — 0.70% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 20 → 40).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 2000s alone account for 21%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 89 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 1,393 boys have also been given it, 0.26% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Grace | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15,227 | |
| 1890s | 23,804 | |
| 1900s | 26,927 | |
| 1910s | 57,973 | |
| 1920s | 60,060 | |
| 1930s | 31,357 | |
| 1940s | 19,369 | |
| 1950s | 15,929 | |
| 1960s | 11,214 | |
| 1970s | 6,099 | |
| 1980s | 11,796 | |
| 1990s | 39,872 | |
| 2000s | 110,715 | |
| 2010s | 73,033 | |
| 2020s | 26,358 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Grace was the 13th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Grace
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zadapeak 2006
- Isabellpeak 2006
- Evapeak 1918
- Alliepeak 2010
- Daiseypeak 2000
- Lucypeak 2024
- Annapeak 1918
- Nevadapeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.