Grace
An English virtue name from Latin gratia, favour or thanks. Puritans adopted it in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for its sense of divine favour.
Grace in 2025
Grace was given to 5,139 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 101st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 645 babies born.
The history of Grace
Grace reached its highest point in 2003, when 12,801 babies were given the name, ranking 42nd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 22nd, in 1897.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 536,340 babies have been named Grace. Half of them were born before 1978, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation X.
Grace by decade
| Decade | Babies named Grace | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15,276 | 27 |
| 1890s | 23,909 | 22 |
| 1900s | 27,030 | 24 |
| 1910s | 58,135 | 33 |
| 1920s | 60,283 | 65 |
| 1930s | 31,511 | 113 |
| 1940s | 19,443 | 194 |
| 1950s | 15,982 | 350 |
| 1960s | 11,237 | 405 |
| 1970s | 6,096 | 607 |
| 1980s | 11,855 | 310 |
| 1990s | 39,925 | 70 |
| 2000s | 110,905 | 41 |
| 2010s | 73,167 | 66 |
| 2020s | 31,586 | 87 |
Where Grace is heading
Grace has fallen 33% over the past decade, from 7,690 babies in 2015 to 5,139 in 2025.
Names like Grace
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Grace.