How Many People Are Named Grace?
people named Grace are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 536,340 babies named Grace in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
12,801 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word grace, which ultimately derives from Latin gratia. This was one of the virtue names created in the 17th century by the Puritans. The actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) was a famous bearer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Grace (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Grace alive today is about 26 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Grace first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2003, to 12,801 babies. In 2025, 5,139 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Grace never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #13, in 1883 to 1884, 1890 and 2003 to 2004, and it was in the top 100 in 90 years between 1880 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #38.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #38 |
| Best rank | #13 (1883 to 1884, 1890 and 2003 to 2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | 90 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #15 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Grace alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Grace were born in California than in any other state: about 31,581 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Grace was given 1.8 times as often in Alaska, 1.8 times in Hawaii and 1.6 times in Delaware.
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