Grace

#38 for girls in 2025, 5,127 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2003 · 12,781 births
Debut · girls
982 births
In top 100 · girls
90 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
534,935
since 1880

Grace over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #13, 2003girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#385,127#6,80312
2024#405,033#9,8947
2023#394,908#6,22014
2022#355,296
2021#335,542#6,03214
2020#285,627#10,6056
2019#286,111#7,17311
2018#246,789#7,13611
2017#217,087#6,68512
2016#197,617#5,78915
2015#197,680#7,49110
2014#207,660#6,30713
2013#227,387#6,24113
2012#217,393#8,1589
2011#167,642#8,7678
2010#187,692#9,6937
2009#178,322#7,69210
2008#219,042#5,06718
2007#209,769#5,66115
2006#1610,974#5,30316
2005#1411,865#3,44728
2004#1312,536#2,64340
2003#1312,781#4,11420
2002#1512,056#4,91915
2001#1612,090#5,39013
2000#1911,285#6,31610
1999#279,181#7,1398
1998#535,724#9,6315
1997#694,639#8,1106
1996#943,742#5,18711
1995#973,473
1994#1033,177
1993#1222,705#7,6386
1992#1272,659#7,4226
1991#1332,386#4,76011
1990#1402,186
1989#1501,927#3,80914
1988#1651,708#4,7869
1987#1981,380#4,9688
1986#2261,158
1985#2421,066#6,5235
1984#2461,016#6,3155
1983#240997#4,9077
1982#260951#5,6196
1981#292832#6,2625
1980#317761
1979#342690
1978#362587
1977#397526
1976#390526
1975#366567
1974#390535
1973#352604
1972#361607
1971#359678
1970#338776
1969#340693
1968#318751#4,1365
1967#283896
1966#277936
1965#2561,113#3,2447
1964#2551,211#3,6016
1963#2481,274#3,6466
1962#2381,329
1961#2301,444
1960#2121,566
1959#2041,667#3,0378
1958#1991,703#3,5596
1957#1861,922#3,5526
1956#1891,838#3,2167
1955#2161,391#3,5056
1954#2121,410#2,7439
1953#2121,383#3,7985
1952#1941,525
1951#1821,579
1950#1831,511#3,3296
1949#1731,608
1948#1671,678#3,3166
1947#1541,883#3,7335
1946#1541,763
1945#1391,745#3,3385
1944#1351,926#2,8627
1943#1302,121#2,07413
1942#1292,158#1,86715
1941#1232,102#3,1336
1940#1052,386#1,73616
1939#1082,371#1,63617
1938#1002,609#2,18511
1937#942,710#3,5185
1936#862,791#1,38423
1935#832,994#2,39610
1934#793,087#1,93214
1933#693,329#1,70717
1932#723,536#1,58420
1931#703,712#1,69318
1930#624,218#1,69319
1929#544,569#1,29630
1928#524,989#1,56923
1927#505,304#1,43627
1926#465,427#1,60522
1925#445,983#1,67921
1924#436,327#2,13215
1923#396,316#1,87418
1922#386,743#1,47026
1921#357,230#1,76620
1920#377,172#1,69421
1919#347,195#2,51111
1918#317,770#1,59622
1917#307,373#1,90016
1916#267,461#1,41524
1915#277,044#1,60019
1914#255,594#1,77213
1913#254,669#1,11221
1912#244,418#1,26814
1911#233,304#92513
1910#233,145#1,1189
1909#212,912#89311
1908#192,901#63217
1907#202,747#77812
1906#192,626#79810
1905#192,630#66613
1904#192,513#8109
1903#162,616#7839
1902#172,642#1,0136
1901#152,398#1,0585
1900#172,942#78511
1899#152,353#7149
1898#152,726#54315
1897#142,458#68110
1896#172,485#67411
1895#182,448#7389
1894#192,361#9546
1893#162,308#65010
1892#162,299#57213
1891#142,088#56411
1890#132,278#60311
1889#152,049
1888#152,090#64810
1887#151,692
1886#141,723#54012
1885#141,575#9365
1884#131,525#61310
1883#131,307
1882#161,195#8376
1881#151,089
1880#19982#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Grace was already there! It came in at #19, and was given to 982 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1980, when fewer than 780 girls a year got the name.

See more about Grace
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#40#38)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#28#38)
  • 19 spots since 2015 (#19#38)
  • Biggest jump: 35 spots in 1978 (#397#362)
  • Biggest drop: 38 spots in 1974 (#352#390)
Rise & fade · girls
123 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2003 at #13 (12,781 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 90 yrs · run 1880–1938
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 84
  • Highest: 1 in 84 girls born in 1890 were named Grace (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 313 girls born in 2025 (0.32%)
  • Its best rank, #13 in 2003, was only 1 in 143 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Grace (110,720) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #13 (1890) → #397 (1977) → #13 (2003)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15,227#13 (1884)#15
1890s23,804#13 (1890)#16
1900s26,927#15 (1901)#18
1910s57,973#23 (1911)#27
1920s60,060#35 (1921)#44
1930s31,357#62 (1930)#82
1940s19,370#105 (1940)#141
1950s15,929#182 (1951)#198
1960s11,213#212 (1960)#266
1970s6,096#338 (1970)#366
1980s11,796#150 (1989)#234
1990s39,872#27 (1999)#97
2000s110,720#13 (2003)#16
2010s73,058#16 (2011)#21
2020s31,533#28 (2020)#36

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Grace in 1933

girls
#69
3,329 births · 1 in 303 girls
boys
#1,707
17 births · 1 in 58,325 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #69Grace3,329

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #1,707Grace17
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 303 of them was named Grace, which outranked 98.6% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grace
  1. #66Wilma3,417
  2. #67Clara3,412
  3. #68Bonnie3,373
  4. #69Grace3,329
  5. #70Theresa3,266
  6. #71Ethel3,217
  7. #72Joann3,209
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 58,325 of them was named Grace, which outranked 58.9% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grace
  1. #1,644Westley18
  2. #1,644Windle18
  3. #1,644Wright18
  4. #1,707Grace17
  5. #1,707Adolf17
  6. #1,707Albino17
  7. #1,707Alferd17
  8. #1,770Aldon16
  9. #1,770Alpheus16
  10. #1,770Arie16

Tied with 62 names at #1,707; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933