Grace

Where Grace comes from

From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Grace
  • English
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #19 among girls — 982 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1906
    Grace Hopper born
    American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
  3. 1929
    Grace Kelly born
    American actress and Princess consort of Monaco
  4. 2003
    Peak, #13
    12,781 babies named Grace — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2003
    The comeback
    Back to #13 after sinking to #397 in 1977.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Grace Kelly · American actress and Princess consort of Monaco, 1929–1982
  • Grace Hopper · American computer scientist and United States Navy officer, 1906–1992
  • Grace Jones · Jamaican singer, model and actress, born 1948
  • Grace Coolidge · First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929, 1879–1957
  • Grace Slick · American musician, writer and painter, born 1939

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.