Grace
Top 1000
About Grace
Grace, a simple and pure virtue name which originally referred to divine grace, is a fashionable classic. In the early 2000s, it seemed headed for the Top 10 but pulled back from the upward trajectory, which you may consider a very good thing.
Grace is one of the most luminous of names, recalling the cool elegance of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco. Embraced by Americans of the Victorian era, it was the eleventh most popular name in this country in 1875 and has always ranked among the Top 1000 girl names.
Currently, Grace is the Number 1 girls’ name in Ireland, and ranks highly in other English-speaking countries. In the US, it’s one of the most popular one-syllable middle names for girls.
Grace is derived from gratia, the Latin word for "grace." It existed as Gracia in the Middle Ages but was not in common use until the Puritans adopted it along with other Christian attribute names in the sixteenth century. It was used as a virtue name, in reference to divine grace — the love and kindness of God.
If Grace is too overused for you, consider an international variation like Engracia or Graziella. Some parents have even migrated into the gender neutral camp in search of Grace equivalents such as Gray or Grayson or even Gracelyn. Choosing the nickname Gracie for the birth certificate is a popular option.
Pronounced GRACE.
As of October 2026, Grace ranked #38 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #13 in 1883, Nameberry popularity #29.
Editor's take: The name Grace is a girl's name of Latin origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #20 | 7,659 | 4,287.5 |
| 2015 | #19 | 7,679 | 4,301.7 |
| 2016 | #19 | 7,616 | 4,297.9 |
| 2017 | #21 | 7,083 | 4,102.6 |
| 2018 | #24 | 6,785 | 3,988.7 |
| 2019 | #28 | 6,104 | 3,636.9 |
| 2020 | #28 | 5,623 | 3,478.4 |
| 2021 | #33 | 5,540 | 3,376.3 |
| 2022 | #35 | 5,289 | 3,224.7 |
| 2023 | #39 | 4,904 | 3,056.2 |
| 2024 | #40 | 5,002 | 3,087.3 |
| 2025 | #38 | 5,127 | 3,189.9 |
World rankings
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Grace on lists
Famous Graces
- Grace (or Grainne) O'Malley
Irish pirate
- Grace Patricia Kelly
Princess consort of Rainier III of Monaco, American actress
- Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie "Gracie" Allen
American comedienne and actress
- Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge
First Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Calvin Coolidge
- Grace Pearl Ingalls Dow
sister of American novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing)
American singer of band Jefferson Airplane
- Grace Paley
American novelist
- Grace Bannon
American actress
- Grace Coddington
Welsh model and magazine editor
- Grace Darling
English lighthouse keeper and shipwreck rescuer
- Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond
Hay, English journalist and first woman to go around the world by air
- Grace Min
American tennis player
- Grace Evelyn Gifford
Irish artist and cartoonist
- Grace Dunham
American actress and sister of actress and writer Lena Dunham
- Grace Jane Gummer
American actress, daughter of actress Meryl Streep
- Grace Avery Vanderwaal
American singer/songwriter/ukulele player; winner of America's Got Talent 2016.
- Grace Legote
South African rhythmic gymnast
- Grace Anne Helbig
American YouTuber
- Grace Hightower
American actress; wife of actor Robert De Niro
- Grace Murray Hopper
American computer scientist and Navy admiral
- (Beverly) Grace Jones
Jamaican singer and actress
- Grace (Chung) Kelly
American jazz saxophonist
- Grace Lee Boggs
American feminist author
- Grace Lee
South Korean TV presenter
- Grace Lee Whitney (born Mary Ann Chase)
American actress
- Grace Meng
U.S. Congresswoman from New York
- Grace Metalious (born Marie Grace DeRepentigny)
American novelist
- Grace Park
Canadian actress
- Grace Mugabe
wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
- Grace Victoria Phipps
American actress/singer
- Grace Plantagenet
illegitimate daughter of Britain's King Edward IV
- Grace Potter
American rock singer of band The Nocturnals
- Grace Rundhaug
American actress
- Grace Zabriskie
American actress
- Grace Hartzel
American model
- (Winona) Grace MacInnis
Canadian MP
- Grace Elizabeth Dever
American actress & model
- Grace Burns (b. 2003)
daughter of model Christy Turlington and actor/director Edward Burns
- Grace Avery Costner (b. 2010)
daughter of actor Kevin Costner
- Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck (b. 2005)
daughter of TV personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck
- Grace Isabella Garciaparra (b. 2007)
daughter of athletes Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra; twin of sister Ava Caroline
- Grace Margaret Wahlberg (b. 2010)
daughter of actor Mark Wahlberg
- Grace Pauline Kelley (b. 1996)
daughter of singer Wynonna Judd and Arch Kelley
- Grace Jones (b. 1997)
daughter of TV presenter Fern Britton and Clive Jones
- Grace Annette Duggar (b. 2020)
daughter of John David and Abbie Duggar of TLC's, "Counting On"
Grace in pop culture
- Dr. Grace Devlin
character in TV's "The Mob Doctor"
- Grace
character in "Little Prudy" series by Sophie May
- Grace Elizabeth Adler
character on NBC's "Will & Grace"
- Grace Beauchamp
character on "Holby City"
- Grace Bertrand
character on FX's "American Horror Story"
- Grace Violet Blood
character on E4's "Skins"
- Grace Kathleen Bowman
character on ABC's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
- Grace Brady
character on NBC's "Days of Our Lives"
- Dr. Grace Holloway
character in the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie
- Grace Brisbane
character in "The Wolves of Mercy Falls" series by Maggie Stiefivator
- Grace Cahill
character in "Brothers"
- Grace Choi
character in DC Comics
- Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey
character in "Fifty Shades of Grey" series
- Grace Kelly
character on "Grace Under Fire"
- Dr. Grace Kwan
character on "Shortland Street"
- Grace Makutsi
character in "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series
- Grace Olubunmi
character on BBC One's "EastEnders"
- Grace Peyton
Jackie's daughter on Showtime's "Nurse Jackie"
- Grace Sheffield
daughter on "The Nanny"
- Grace Stamper
character in "Armageddon"
- Grace Trey
character in "Grace Unplugged"
- Grace Van Pelt
character on CBS' "The Mentalist"
- Grace Whitney
character on ABC1 and ABC3's "Dance Academy"
- The Grace
South Korean pop group
- "Grace is Gone
" Dave Matthews song and 2007 film
- "Grace
" song and album by Jeff Buckley
- Grace Dagenhart
character in "Fran Bow"
- Grace
a character from "The 5th Wave" book series by Rick Yancey
- Grace Wilde
character from "Hello, I Love You" by Katie M. Stout
- Grace Dennet
character in Mary Kubica's novel "The Good Girl"
- Grace Kelly
song by Mika
- Grace Tempest
character in "Vampirates" book series
- Grace
character on Freeform's "The Fosters"
- Grace Barrows
character on CBS' "Salvation"
- Grace Williams
character on CBS' "Hawaii Five,0" reboot
- "Alias Grace
" TV miniseries, with Grace Marks as lead character
- Grace Monroe
main character in the animated series “Infinity Train”
- Grace Scanlon
a main character in series "Overcompensating"
- "State Of Grace"
Song by Taylor Swift featured on "Red"
- Grace Foster
character from “I Love Lucy”
- grace chasity
character from “nerdy prudes must die”