How common is the name Grace?

322,614 people in the United States have the first name Grace, about 1 in 936. It ranks #160 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GRACE

#160

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
322,614
About
1 in 936
This common or more
37.7%
Who bears it

Of the 322,614 people named Grace, 69% reported their origin as White, 10% as Hispanic or Latino and 10% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Grace peaked in 2003, when 12,801 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
12,801
In 2025*
5,139 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 536,340 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Grace by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #26. The largest share of babies named Grace, 28.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2915,276
1890s#2623,909
1900s#2827,030
1910s#4658,135
1920s#7960,283
1930s#14731,511
1940s#26819,443
1950s#38215,982
1960s#48911,237
1970s#6786,096
1980s#43711,855
1990s#18739,925
2000s#51110,905
2010s#6973,167
2020s#10131,586
Before 19017.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2724.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4510%
Baby boom 1946–645.5%
Generation X 1965–802.1%
Millennials 1981–965.9%
Generation Z 1997–1228.6%
2013 and later15.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Grace is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Grace has been most common in Hawaii (1.5×), Delaware (1.4×), and Alaska (1.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.64×).

467,452 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Grace

#158 Natalie · 324,013#159 Amber · 322,911#161 Ana · 321,854#162 Kathryn · 316,032

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Grace, most common first.

#830 Gracie · 56,345#6,665 Gracey · 2,383#7,894 Gracy · 1,876#7,940 Grayce · 1,859#9,746 Graci · 1,407#10,571 Gracee · 1,251#42,480 Graice · 169#46,856 Graca · 141

Also a last name

As a last name, Grace ranks #1,255 of 156,621, with 27,610 people. See Grace as a last name

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