Grace
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Grace is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “grace”. In 2025 it ranked 16th for girls in the UK (1,636 babies) and 38th for girls in the US (5,127 babies).
What does Grace mean?
English: virtue name, from Latin gratia
“grace”
Christian virtue name taken up by the Puritans; borne by the Irish pirate queen Grace O'Malley.
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Is Grace a girl's or a boy's name?
Grace is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,636 girls in the UK and 5,127 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Grace in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #16among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,636about 1 in 170 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 7.9%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,636 girls in the UK were named Grace, making it the 16th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5,522 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Grace than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Grace in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 27th in England and Wales, 5th in Scotland and 1st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#38), 1914 (#42), 1924 (#51), 1934 (#81), 1994 (#47), 2004 (#11), 2014 (#11) and 2024 (#25).
Grace in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,636 | #16 |
| 2024 | 1,698 | #19 |
| 2023 | 1,883 | #13 |
| 2022 | 2,076 | #11 |
| 2021 | 2,409 | #9 |
| 2020 | 2,447 | #7 |
| 2019 | 2,836 | #5 |
| 2018 | 2,808 | #6 |
| 2017 | 2,751 | #11 |
| 2016 | 2,953 | #12 |
| 2015 | 3,105 | #11 |
| 2014 | 3,239 | #10 |
| 2013 | 3,227 | #13 |
| 2012 | 3,635 | #10 |
| 2011 | 4,188 | #8 |
| 2010 | 4,194 | #9 |
| 2009 | 4,727 | #7 |
| 2008 | 5,305 | #3 |
| 2007 | 5,473 | #1 |
| 2006 | 5,522 | #1 |
| 2005 | 3,951 | #8 |
| 2004 | 3,656 | #13 |
| 2003 | 3,361 | #17 |
| 2002 | 2,687 | #20 |
| 2001 | 2,249 | #25 |
| 2000 | 2,311 | #24 |
| 1999 | 1,976 | #30 |
| 1998 | 1,669 | #37 |
| 1997 | 1,533 | #44 |
| 1996 | 1,467 | #46 |
How popular is Grace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #38among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5,127about 1 in 310 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5,127 girls in the US were named Grace, making it the 38th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 28th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12,781 girls. 12 boys were also named Grace in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Grace in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grace in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,127 | #38 |
| 2024 | 5,033 | #40 |
| 2023 | 4,908 | #39 |
| 2022 | 5,296 | #35 |
| 2021 | 5,542 | #33 |
| 2020 | 5,627 | #28 |
| 2019 | 6,111 | #28 |
| 2018 | 6,789 | #24 |
| 2017 | 7,087 | #21 |
| 2016 | 7,617 | #19 |
| 2015 | 7,680 | #19 |
| 2014 | 7,660 | #20 |
| 2013 | 7,387 | #22 |
| 2012 | 7,393 | #21 |
| 2011 | 7,642 | #16 |
| 2010 | 7,692 | #18 |
| 2009 | 8,322 | #17 |
| 2008 | 9,042 | #21 |
| 2007 | 9,769 | #20 |
| 2006 | 10,974 | #16 |
| 2005 | 11,865 | #14 |
| 2004 | 12,536 | #13 |
| 2003 | 12,781 | #13 |
| 2002 | 12,056 | #15 |
| 2001 | 12,090 | #16 |
| 2000 | 11,285 | #19 |
| 1999 | 9,181 | #27 |
| 1998 | 5,724 | #53 |
| 1997 | 4,639 | #69 |
| 1996 | 3,742 | #94 |
| 1995 | 3,473 | #97 |
| 1994 | 3,177 | #103 |
| 1993 | 2,705 | #122 |
| 1992 | 2,659 | #127 |
| 1991 | 2,386 | #133 |
| 1990 | 2,186 | #140 |
| 1989 | 1,927 | #150 |
| 1988 | 1,708 | #165 |
| 1987 | 1,380 | #198 |
| 1986 | 1,158 | #226 |
| 1985 | 1,066 | #242 |
| 1984 | 1,016 | #246 |
| 1983 | 997 | #240 |
| 1982 | 951 | #260 |
| 1981 | 832 | #292 |
| 1980 | 761 | #317 |
| 1979 | 690 | #342 |
| 1978 | 587 | #362 |
| 1977 | 526 | #397 |
| 1976 | 526 | #390 |
| 1975 | 567 | #366 |
| 1974 | 535 | #390 |
| 1973 | 604 | #352 |
| 1972 | 607 | #361 |
| 1971 | 678 | #359 |
| 1970 | 776 | #338 |
| 1969 | 693 | #340 |
| 1968 | 751 | #318 |
| 1967 | 896 | #283 |
| 1966 | 936 | #277 |
| 1965 | 1,113 | #256 |
| 1964 | 1,211 | #255 |
| 1963 | 1,274 | #248 |
| 1962 | 1,329 | #238 |
| 1961 | 1,444 | #230 |
| 1960 | 1,566 | #212 |
| 1959 | 1,667 | #204 |
| 1958 | 1,703 | #199 |
| 1957 | 1,922 | #186 |
| 1956 | 1,838 | #189 |
| 1955 | 1,391 | #216 |
| 1954 | 1,410 | #212 |
| 1953 | 1,383 | #212 |
| 1952 | 1,525 | #194 |
| 1951 | 1,579 | #182 |
| 1950 | 1,511 | #183 |
| 1949 | 1,608 | #173 |
| 1948 | 1,678 | #167 |
| 1947 | 1,883 | #154 |
| 1946 | 1,763 | #154 |
| 1945 | 1,745 | #139 |
| 1944 | 1,926 | #135 |
| 1943 | 2,121 | #130 |
| 1942 | 2,158 | #129 |
| 1941 | 2,102 | #123 |
| 1940 | 2,386 | #105 |
| 1939 | 2,371 | #108 |
| 1938 | 2,609 | #100 |
| 1937 | 2,710 | #94 |
| 1936 | 2,791 | #86 |
| 1935 | 2,994 | #83 |
| 1934 | 3,087 | #79 |
| 1933 | 3,329 | #69 |
| 1932 | 3,536 | #72 |
| 1931 | 3,712 | #70 |
| 1930 | 4,218 | #62 |
| 1929 | 4,569 | #54 |
| 1928 | 4,989 | #52 |
| 1927 | 5,304 | #50 |
| 1926 | 5,427 | #46 |
| 1925 | 5,983 | #44 |
| 1924 | 6,327 | #43 |
| 1923 | 6,316 | #39 |
| 1922 | 6,743 | #38 |
| 1921 | 7,230 | #35 |
| 1920 | 7,172 | #37 |
| 1919 | 7,195 | #34 |
| 1918 | 7,770 | #31 |
| 1917 | 7,373 | #30 |
| 1916 | 7,461 | #26 |
| 1915 | 7,044 | #27 |
| 1914 | 5,594 | #25 |
| 1913 | 4,669 | #25 |
| 1912 | 4,418 | #24 |
| 1911 | 3,304 | #23 |
| 1910 | 3,145 | #23 |
| 1909 | 2,912 | #21 |
| 1908 | 2,901 | #19 |
| 1907 | 2,747 | #20 |
| 1906 | 2,626 | #19 |
| 1905 | 2,630 | #19 |
| 1904 | 2,513 | #19 |
| 1903 | 2,616 | #16 |
| 1902 | 2,642 | #17 |
| 1901 | 2,398 | #15 |
| 1900 | 2,942 | #17 |
| 1899 | 2,353 | #15 |
| 1898 | 2,726 | #15 |
| 1897 | 2,458 | #14 |
| 1896 | 2,485 | #17 |
| 1895 | 2,448 | #18 |
| 1894 | 2,361 | #19 |
| 1893 | 2,308 | #16 |
| 1892 | 2,299 | #16 |
| 1891 | 2,088 | #14 |
| 1890 | 2,278 | #13 |
| 1889 | 2,049 | #15 |
| 1888 | 2,090 | #15 |
| 1887 | 1,692 | #15 |
| 1886 | 1,723 | #14 |
| 1885 | 1,575 | #14 |
| 1884 | 1,525 | #13 |
| 1883 | 1,307 | #13 |
| 1882 | 1,195 | #16 |
| 1881 | 1,089 | #15 |
| 1880 | 982 | #19 |
Nicknames for Grace
- Gracie 689 girls in the UK in 2025
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