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Baby name

Grace

Girl

Origin of the name

Grace comes from the word “grace.” The American actress Grace Kelly, who became Princess of Monaco, made it famous.

Comeback name

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2003 was its best year: 12,781 births, or 1 baby in 297. After a low point around 1976, parents rediscovered it: about 5,180 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 38.
534,935births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 13rank at its peak, in 2003

Where babies named Grace are born

2003

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The darker the blue, the more common Grace is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Grace is most common in Hawaii (1.5 times), Delaware (1.4) and Alaska (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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