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Grace Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Grace?

In 2018 the very popular name Grace, ranked the 24th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 50 most popular, Grace has been a top 500 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Its highest popularity ranking of #13 was reached for the first time in 1883 and as recently as 2004.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2003 with 12,777 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Grace in any given year was 525 in 1977.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Grace occurred roughly during the years 1883-1888, 1911-1915, 1953-1956, 1976-1982, and 1983-2003, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 2004-2010.

For a number of years, the name Grace has remained mostly unchanged in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Grace has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Grace?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Grace is favored by many parents and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Grace (Girl)Grace (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 6,724 24 11 7,239
2017 7,040 21 12 6,814
2016 7,594 19 15 5,860
2015 7,656 19 10 7,665
2014 7,641 20 13 6,408
2013 7,378 22 13 6,367
2012 7,377 21 9 8,385
2011 7,633 16 8 9,030
2010 7,683 18 7 10,017
2009 8,314 17 10 7,894
2008 9,036 21 18 5,132
2007 9,763 20 15 5,742
2006 10,973 16 16 5,379
2005 11,861 14 28 3,478
2004 12,533 13 40 2,660
2003 12,777 13 20 4,168
2002 12,056 15 15 4,986
2001 12,088 16 13 5,474
2000 11,285 19 10 6,486
1999 9,179 27 8 7,390
1998 5,719 54 5 10,171
1997 4,638 69 6 8,534
1996 3,742 94 11 5,311
1995 3,470 97 < 5 --
1994 3,174 103 < 5 --
1993 2,701 123 6 7,988
1992 2,657 127 6 7,798
1991 2,387 133 11 4,882
1990 2,186 140 < 5 --
1989 1,927 150 14 3,883
1988 1,707 165 9 4,936
1987 1,377 198 8 5,126
1986 1,157 226 < 5 --
1985 1,064 242 5 6,914
1984 1,016 246 5 6,681
1983 998 240 7 5,110
1982 952 260 6 5,903
1981 831 292 5 6,637
1980 761 317 < 5 --
1979 690 342 < 5 --
1978 587 362 < 5 --
1977 525 398 < 5 --
1976 528 389 < 5 --
1975 568 366 < 5 --
1974 534 390 < 5 --
1973 605 352 < 5 --
1972 606 363 < 5 --
1971 680 357 < 5 --
1970 776 339 < 5 --
1969 696 340 < 5 --
1968 751 318 5 4,350
1967 898 283 < 5 --
1966 935 277 < 5 --
1965 1,115 256 7 3,363
1964 1,212 255 6 3,772
1963 1,272 249 6 3,786
1962 1,329 238 < 5 --
1961 1,442 230 < 5 --
1960 1,568 212 < 5 --
1959 1,660 204 8 3,118
1958 1,708 198 6 3,681
1957 1,918 186 6 3,722
1956 1,836 189 7 3,337
1955 1,390 216 6 3,659
1954 1,410 213 9 2,824
1953 1,381 213 5 4,021
1952 1,525 194 < 5 --
1951 1,579 182 < 5 --
1950 1,511 183 6 3,461
1949 1,608 173 < 5 --
1948 1,677 167 6 3,450
1947 1,883 154 5 3,951
1946 1,763 154 < 5 --
1945 1,746 139 5 3,495
1944 1,926 135 7 2,963
1943 2,121 130 13 2,108
1942 2,157 129 15 1,900
1941 2,103 123 6 3,285
1940 2,386 105 16 1,759
1939 2,370 108 17 1,667
1938 2,609 100 11 2,246
1937 2,710 94 5 3,736
1936 2,790 86 23 1,399
1935 2,996 83 10 2,443
1934 3,087 79 14 1,965
1933 3,329 69 17 1,732
1932 3,535 72 20 1,611
1931 3,712 70 18 1,733
1930 4,218 62 19 1,719
1929 4,570 54 30 1,305
1928 4,988 52 23 1,583
1927 5,304 50 27 1,447
1926 5,427 46 22 1,628
1925 5,984 44 21 1,703
1924 6,329 43 15 2,163
1923 6,316 39 18 1,899
1922 6,743 38 26 1,483
1921 7,230 35 20 1,792
1920 7,173 37 21 1,721
1919 7,194 34 11 2,572
1918 7,770 31 22 1,622
1917 7,373 30 16 1,931
1916 7,461 26 24 1,433
1915 7,044 27 19 1,625
1914 5,594 25 13 1,815
1913 4,669 25 21 1,126
1912 4,418 24 14 1,302
1911 3,304 23 13 947
1910 3,145 23 9 1,151
1909 2,912 21 11 917
1908 2,901 19 17 641
1907 2,747 20 12 791
1906 2,626 19 10 818
1905 2,630 19 13 681
1904 2,513 19 9 836
1903 2,615 16 9 814
1902 2,642 17 6 1,064
1901 2,398 15 5 1,118
1900 2,942 17 11 808
1899 2,353 15 9 744
1898 2,726 15 15 553
1897 2,458 14 10 702
1896 2,485 17 11 691
1895 2,448 18 9 760
1894 2,361 19 6 1,007
1893 2,308 16 10 674
1892 2,299 16 13 582
1891 2,088 14 11 574
1890 2,278 13 11 615
1889 2,049 15 < 5 --
1888 2,090 15 10 669
1887 1,692 15 < 5 --
1886 1,723 14 12 558
1885 1,575 14 5 996
1884 1,525 13 10 634
1883 1,307 13 < 5 --
1882 1,195 16 6 880
1881 1,089 15 < 5 --
1880 982 19 6 858

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.