Meaning not yet researched.
Grace: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,127 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 2004.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #13 in 2004; #38 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Grace in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#38 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2004, at #13.
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Grace: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,127 girls in 2025. Peak: #13 in 2004 · most girls in one year: 12,781 (2003).
In 2025, 5,127 US girls were named Grace, making it the 38th most common girls’ name of the year, up 2 places from #40 in 2024. That is 94 more than the 5,033 girls named Grace in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #13, reached in 2004. The most girls given the name in a single year was 12,781, in 2003. For comparison, it was #19 in 2015 and #183 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Grace in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 988 babies with the name. In all, 536,340 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 110,905 babies named Grace.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 59,137 US girls were named Grace; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 7,617. In 2025 that was about 1 in 313 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Grace ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #9 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 50 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Gracie (84,166 babies since 1880), Graciela (16,354 babies since 1880), Gracen (3,531 babies since 1880) and Grayce (4,424 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gracia, Grazia and Gratia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Gracie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gracia (1,952), Grazia (196), Gratia (120), Graice (21).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 193 | #9 | #10 |
| Maine | 37 | #9 | #26 |
| New Hampshire | 41 | #14 | #17 |
| Maryland | 115 | #18 | #12 |
| Pennsylvania | 244 | #18 | #12 |
| Connecticut | 79 | #20 | #14 |
| Alaska | 17 | #20 | #23 |
| Minnesota | 117 | #20 | #10 |
| Illinois | 210 | #23 | #13 |
| Hawaii | 17 | #23 | #15 |
| Michigan | 171 | #25 | #18 |
| Wisconsin | 106 | #25 | #15 |
| Nebraska | 41 | #26 | #13 |
| Utah | 95 | #27 | #22 |
| New Jersey | 175 | #27 | #20 |
| Kansas | 60 | #29 | #15 |
| District of Columbia | 16 | #29 | #17 |
| New York | 322 | #29 | #15 |
| Florida | 328 | #32 | #32 |
| Delaware | 15 | #33 | #8 |
| Colorado | 100 | #34 | #16 |
| Montana | 17 | #35 | #23 |
| Ohio | 185 | #36 | #20 |
| Idaho | 37 | #37 | #22 |
| Virginia | 140 | #38 | #16 |
| Nevada | 41 | #40 | #35 |
| Vermont | 9 | #40 | #11 |
| Washington | 110 | #41 | #14 |
| Indiana | 105 | #41 | #24 |
| Tennessee | 115 | #42 | #59 |
| South Dakota | 17 | #44 | #8 |
| Texas | 461 | #47 | #43 |
| North Carolina | 164 | #47 | #38 |
| Iowa | 48 | #48 | #15 |
| Arizona | 92 | #51 | #31 |
| California | 468 | #51 | #25 |
| Missouri | 81 | #52 | #19 |
| Oregon | 48 | #53 | #18 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | #54 | #11 |
| North Dakota | 14 | #55 | #13 |
| Louisiana | 59 | #55 | #35 |
| Oklahoma | 50 | #55 | #40 |
| South Carolina | 57 | #64 | #35 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #66 | #111 |
| West Virginia | 19 | #70 | #81 |
| Kentucky | 53 | #70 | #49 |
| Arkansas | 34 | #73 | #58 |
| Georgia | 104 | #78 | #47 |
| Mississippi | 23 | #96 | #83 |
| Alabama | 44 | #100 | #102 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #104 | #33 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,127 | #38 | 12 | #6,935 |
| 2024 | 5,033 | #40 | 7 | #10,246 |
| 2023 | 4,908 | #39 | 14 | #6,311 |
| 2022 | 5,296 | #35 | — | — |
| 2021 | 5,542 | #33 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2020 | 5,627 | #28 | 6 | #11,074 |
| 2019 | 6,111 | #28 | 11 | #7,327 |
| 2018 | 6,789 | #24 | 11 | #7,295 |
| 2017 | 7,087 | #21 | 12 | #6,830 |
| 2016 | 7,617 | #19 | 15 | #5,879 |
| 2015 | 7,680 | #19 | 10 | #7,678 |
| 2014 | 7,660 | #20 | 13 | #6,422 |
| 2013 | 7,387 | #22 | 13 | #6,372 |
| 2012 | 7,393 | #21 | 9 | #8,394 |
| 2011 | 7,642 | #16 | 8 | #9,038 |
| 2010 | 7,692 | #18 | 7 | #10,028 |
| 2009 | 8,322 | #17 | 10 | #7,903 |
| 2008 | 9,042 | #21 | 18 | #5,135 |
| 2007 | 9,769 | #20 | 15 | #5,743 |
| 2006 | 10,974 | #16 | 16 | #5,385 |
| 2005 | 11,865 | #14 | 28 | #3,478 |
| 2004 | 12,536 | #13 | 40 | #2,660 |
| 2003 | 12,781 | #13 | 20 | #4,169 |
| 2002 | 12,056 | #15 | 15 | #4,992 |
| 2001 | 12,090 | #16 | 13 | #5,477 |
| 2000 | 11,285 | #19 | 10 | #6,491 |
| 1999 | 9,181 | #27 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1998 | 5,724 | #53 | 5 | #10,176 |
| 1997 | 4,639 | #69 | 6 | #8,536 |
| 1996 | 3,742 | #94 | 11 | #5,313 |
| 1995 | 3,473 | #97 | — | — |
| 1994 | 3,177 | #103 | — | — |
| 1993 | 2,705 | #123 | 6 | #7,990 |
| 1992 | 2,659 | #127 | 6 | #7,801 |
| 1991 | 2,386 | #133 | 11 | #4,882 |
| 1990 | 2,186 | #140 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1,927 | #150 | 14 | #3,884 |
| 1988 | 1,708 | #165 | 9 | #4,939 |
| 1987 | 1,380 | #198 | 8 | #5,131 |
| 1986 | 1,158 | #226 | — | — |
| 1985 | 1,066 | #242 | 5 | #6,917 |
| 1984 | 1,016 | #246 | 5 | #6,684 |
| 1983 | 997 | #240 | 7 | #5,117 |
| 1982 | 951 | #260 | 6 | #5,905 |
| 1981 | 832 | #292 | 5 | #6,635 |
| 1980 | 761 | #317 | — | — |
| 1979 | 690 | #342 | — | — |
| 1978 | 587 | #362 | — | — |
| 1977 | 526 | #398 | — | — |
| 1976 | 526 | #390 | — | — |
| 1975 | 567 | #366 | — | — |
| 1974 | 535 | #390 | — | — |
| 1973 | 604 | #352 | — | — |
| 1972 | 607 | #362 | — | — |
| 1971 | 678 | #360 | — | — |
| 1970 | 776 | #338 | — | — |
| 1969 | 693 | #340 | — | — |
| 1968 | 751 | #318 | 5 | #4,352 |
| 1967 | 896 | #283 | — | — |
| 1966 | 936 | #277 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,113 | #256 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1964 | 1,211 | #255 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 1963 | 1,274 | #248 | 6 | #3,789 |
| 1962 | 1,329 | #238 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,444 | #230 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1,566 | #212 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1,667 | #204 | 8 | #3,120 |
| 1958 | 1,703 | #199 | 6 | #3,682 |
| 1957 | 1,922 | #186 | 6 | #3,724 |
| 1956 | 1,838 | #189 | 7 | #3,332 |
| 1955 | 1,391 | #216 | 6 | #3,656 |
| 1954 | 1,410 | #213 | 9 | #2,826 |
| 1953 | 1,383 | #213 | 5 | #4,024 |
| 1952 | 1,525 | #194 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,579 | #182 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,511 | #183 | 6 | #3,463 |
| 1949 | 1,608 | #173 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,678 | #167 | 6 | #3,451 |
| 1947 | 1,883 | #154 | 5 | #3,949 |
| 1946 | 1,763 | #154 | — | — |
| 1945 | 1,745 | #139 | 5 | #3,495 |
| 1944 | 1,926 | #135 | 7 | #2,964 |
| 1943 | 2,121 | #130 | 13 | #2,108 |
| 1942 | 2,158 | #129 | 15 | #1,901 |
| 1941 | 2,102 | #123 | 6 | #3,286 |
| 1940 | 2,386 | #105 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1939 | 2,371 | #108 | 17 | #1,666 |
| 1938 | 2,609 | #100 | 11 | #2,247 |
| 1937 | 2,710 | #94 | 5 | #3,736 |
| 1936 | 2,791 | #86 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1935 | 2,994 | #83 | 10 | #2,443 |
| 1934 | 3,087 | #79 | 14 | #1,966 |
| 1933 | 3,329 | #69 | 17 | #1,733 |
| 1932 | 3,536 | #72 | 20 | #1,613 |
| 1931 | 3,712 | #70 | 18 | #1,734 |
| 1930 | 4,218 | #62 | 19 | #1,719 |
| 1929 | 4,569 | #54 | 30 | #1,305 |
| 1928 | 4,989 | #52 | 23 | #1,584 |
| 1927 | 5,304 | #50 | 27 | #1,446 |
| 1926 | 5,427 | #46 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1925 | 5,983 | #44 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1924 | 6,327 | #43 | 15 | #2,163 |
| 1923 | 6,316 | #39 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1922 | 6,743 | #38 | 26 | #1,483 |
| 1921 | 7,230 | #35 | 20 | #1,793 |
| 1920 | 7,172 | #37 | 21 | #1,720 |
| 1919 | 7,195 | #34 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1918 | 7,770 | #31 | 22 | #1,622 |
| 1917 | 7,373 | #30 | 16 | #1,931 |
| 1916 | 7,461 | #26 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 1915 | 7,044 | #27 | 19 | #1,625 |
| 1914 | 5,594 | #25 | 13 | #1,815 |
| 1913 | 4,669 | #25 | 21 | #1,126 |
| 1912 | 4,418 | #24 | 14 | #1,302 |
| 1911 | 3,304 | #23 | 13 | #947 |
| 1910 | 3,145 | #23 | 9 | #1,151 |
| 1909 | 2,912 | #21 | 11 | #917 |
| 1908 | 2,901 | #19 | 17 | #641 |
| 1907 | 2,747 | #20 | 12 | #791 |
| 1906 | 2,626 | #19 | 10 | #818 |
| 1905 | 2,630 | #19 | 13 | #681 |
| 1904 | 2,513 | #19 | 9 | #836 |
| 1903 | 2,616 | #16 | 9 | #814 |
| 1902 | 2,642 | #17 | 6 | #1,064 |
| 1901 | 2,398 | #15 | 5 | #1,118 |
| 1900 | 2,942 | #17 | 11 | #808 |
| 1899 | 2,353 | #15 | 9 | #744 |
| 1898 | 2,726 | #15 | 15 | #552 |
| 1897 | 2,458 | #14 | 10 | #702 |
| 1896 | 2,485 | #17 | 11 | #691 |
| 1895 | 2,448 | #18 | 9 | #759 |
| 1894 | 2,361 | #19 | 6 | #1,007 |
| 1893 | 2,308 | #16 | 10 | #674 |
| 1892 | 2,299 | #16 | 13 | #582 |
| 1891 | 2,088 | #14 | 11 | #574 |
| 1890 | 2,278 | #13 | 11 | #615 |
| 1889 | 2,049 | #15 | — | — |
| 1888 | 2,090 | #15 | 10 | #670 |
| 1887 | 1,692 | #15 | — | — |
| 1886 | 1,723 | #14 | 12 | #558 |
| 1885 | 1,575 | #14 | 5 | #996 |
| 1884 | 1,525 | #13 | 10 | #634 |
| 1883 | 1,307 | #13 | — | — |
| 1882 | 1,195 | #16 | 6 | #880 |
| 1881 | 1,089 | #15 | — | — |
| 1880 | 982 | #19 | 6 | #858 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).