NameTides

Grace

Grace was the #38 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,127 babies), and #27 in England & Wales and #46 in Canada.

Grace as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Grace as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Grace as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#38 (5,127)#27 (1,309)#5 (200)#1 (127)#4 (265)#46 (467)#11 (248)#13 (216)
2024#40 (5,033)#25 (1,390)#13 (183)#1 (125)#3 (291)#40 (479)#16 (234)#8 (268)
2023#39 (4,908)#18 (1,541)#9 (205)#3 (137)#1 (339)#42 (458)#17 (242)#9 (254)
2022#35 (5,296)#17 (1,675)#7 (233)#1 (168)#2 (342)#43 (472)#13 (280)#9 (283)
2021#33 (5,542)#14 (1,992)#9 (235)#1 (182)#2 (412)#39 (569)#7 (367)#7 (312)
2020#28 (5,627)#11 (2,010)#8 (261)#1 (176)#1 (410)#33 (576)#8 (323)#9 (273)
2019#28 (6,111)#8 (2,330)#8 (272)#1 (234)#2 (426)#34 (607)#8 (323)#14 (269)
2018#24 (6,789)#10 (2,301)#8 (286)#1 (221)#2 (423)#23 (750)#7 (361)#9 (257)
2017#21 (7,087)#13 (2,309)#13 (240)#2 (202)#3 (371)#25 (734)#8 (353)#8 (283)
2016#19 (7,617)#15 (2,498)#11 (257)#2 (198)#2 (452)#22 (804)#8 (361)#9 (278)
2015#19 (7,680)#14 (2,658)#11 (255)#3 (192)#8 (367)#23 (783)#9 (365)#13 (235)
2014#20 (7,660)#11 (2,785)#13 (265)#2 (189)#4 (408)#24 (752)#11 (382)#11 (266)
2013#22 (7,387)#13 (2,799)#18 (225)#1 (203)#9 (395)#23 (765)#12 (374)#11 (302)
2012#21 (7,393)#14 (3,188)#17 (249)#3 (198)#4 (461)#22 (791)#12 (421)#15 (304)
2011#16 (7,642)#8 (3,691)#15 (263)#2 (234)#4 (503)#21 (781)#13 (408)#14 (296)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1890 at #13.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 310 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 310common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 89very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 57very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 80very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 320common

Next year

On its recent trend, Grace is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 330 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 310 to 1 in 350.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Grace by state, 2025Alaska: #18AKMaine: #9MEWisconsin: #25WIVermont: #38VTNew Hampshire: #14NHWashington: #41WAIdaho: #35IDMontana: #33MTNorth Dakota: #53NDMinnesota: #20MNIllinois: #23ILMichigan: #25MINew York: #29NYMassachusetts: #9MAOregon: #53ORNevada: #39NVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #43SDIowa: #46IAIndiana: #41INOhio: #35OHPennsylvania: #18PANew Jersey: #27NJConnecticut: #18CTRhode Island: #53RICalifornia: #51CAUtah: #27UTColorado: #34CONebraska: #25NEMissouri: #50MOKentucky: #70KYWest Virginia: #67WVVirginia: #38VAMaryland: #18MDDelaware: #33DEArizona: #51AZNew Mexico: #100NMKansas: #29KSArkansas: #73ARTennessee: #42TNNorth Carolina: #47NCSouth Carolina: #63SCDistrict of Columbia: #26DCOklahoma: #55OKLouisiana: #55LAMississippi: #96MSAlabama: #100ALGeorgia: #78GAHawaii: #22HITexas: #47TXFlorida: #32FL
Grace (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#32222
Quebec2025#29618

Grace (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GraceCanadaGirls#46467
GraceEngland & WalesGirls#271,309
GraceEngland & WalesBoys—too few
GraceIrelandGirls#4265
GraceNorthern IrelandGirls#1127
GraceNSWGirls#11248
GraceScotlandGirls#5200
GraceUSGirls#385,127
GraceUSBoys#6,80312
GraceVICGirls#13216