Latin gratia, "favour, thanks" — grace; favour. A Puritan virtue name from the 1500s, revived after Grace Kelly.
Grace ranks 38th among American girls in 2025, with 5,139 born that year. Its best year was 2003, when 12,801 babies were given the name, ranking 13th. The typical living American called Grace is about 22 years old today. It is relatively most common in Maine, where it accounts for 0.53% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.