Grace

What Grace means

From the word “grace”

From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century

Source: Wiktionary, “Grace” (revision 94539729), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Grace?

US: Falling: down from #19 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #14 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1890, when 2,278 girls got the name (#13 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 313 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 193 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 89 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (11.88 per 1,000 girls), NH (10.8 per 1,000 girls), AK (10.28 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Grace is #38 in the US and #27 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.8% of US babies named Grace were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Grayce15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Grace

Girls

• Trinity#428Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #129 in 2015, #428 in 2025
• Heaven#543Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #543 vs #1,133 in 2025
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025
• Autumn#88Editor’s note Down from #69 in 2015 to #88 in 2025 in the US
• Jade#95Editor’s note Up from #126 in 2015 to #95 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 600 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*

For a brother

• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Deacon#561Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Chance#442Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 2,243 babies; 711 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Grace’s. Rank is US 2025.