Grace
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Grace comes from the Latin gratia and means “grace,” “favor,” or “pleasing,” with Gracie as a beloved pet form. A virtue name loved by the Puritans and frequent in the Bible, Grace was seen as dowdy in the 1970s but is now as popular as in the late 1800s; it also recalls the mythological Graces. Famous Graces include Grace Kelly, who became Princess of Monaco, Grace Slick, and Grace Jones. The namesake is Grace O’Malley, the fiery 16th-century pirate queen of Ireland who refused to be kept off her father’s ships.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Unusual Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
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Usage of Grace in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Grace against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Grace is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Grace in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 5,127 girls were named Grace, making it the #38 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 534,935 girls have been named Grace, with the most (12,781) in 2003. It is most common, relative to births, in Maine, New Hampshire and Alaska.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Storms named Grace
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Grace, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Hurricane Grace (Category 3) | 2021 | North Atlantic | 194 km/h |
| Tropical storm Grace | 2015 | North Atlantic | 93 km/h |
| Tropical storm Grace | 2009 | North Atlantic | 102 km/h |
| Tropical storm Grace | 2004 | South Pacific | 93 km/h |
| Tropical storm Grace | 2003 | North Atlantic | 65 km/h |
| Tropical storm Grace | 1997 | North Atlantic | 74 km/h |
| Hurricane Grace (Category 2) | 1991 | North Atlantic | 167 km/h |
| Cyclone Grace (Category 1) | 1984 | South Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Tropical storm Grace | 1975 | Western Pacific | 111 km/h |
| Tropical storm Grace | 1972 | Western Pacific | 93 km/h |
…and 11 earlier storms.
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Grace
There are 53 towns and villages with Grace in their name, in 16 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 27🇫🇷 France 7🇦🇺 Australia 3🇧🇪 Belgium 2🇨🇦 Canada 2🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 2🇦🇱 Albania 1🇧🇷 Brazil 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Grâce-Berleur | Wallonia, 🇧🇪 Belgium | 10,758 | Map |
| Harbour Grace | Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦 Canada | 2,796 | Map |
| Grace | Idaho, 🇺🇸 United States | 897 | Map |
| Lake Grace | Western Australia, 🇦🇺 Australia | 544 | Map |
| Grâce-Uzel | Brittany, 🇫🇷 France | 403 | Map |
| Grace City | North Dakota, 🇺🇸 United States | 63 | Map |
| Grace Plains | South Australia, 🇦🇺 Australia | 54 | Map |
| Grace | Vieux-Fort, 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | – | Map |
| Grace | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Grace | Kentucky, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Grace
There are 65 lakes and reservoirs with Grace in their name, in 5 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 36🇨🇦 Canada 24🇦🇺 Australia 3🇦🇶 Antarctica 1🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
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| Grace Lake | 🇦🇶 Antarctica | Map |
| Grace Lake | Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Grace Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Grace songs
16 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Grace in their title. The best known:
- Grace – Jeff Buckley (1994)
- Grace – Lewis Capaldi (2018)
- Grace – Will Young (2008)
- Grace – Blake Mills (2022)
- Grace – U2 (2000)
- Grace
- Grace – Stella Lefty (2025)
- Grace – Apocalyptica (2007)
- Grace – Ed Kowalczyk (2010)
- Grace – Miss Kittin (2008)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Grace
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Grace.
Grace Bowman
Grace Dent
Grace Helbig
Grace Hightower
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Fictional characters named Grace
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Grace as a pet name
FurryName has found 558 dogs named Grace in public pet registers, making it the #263 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Richmond (5), Adelaide (3), Burlington (1). Grace as a dog name →
FurryName has found 27 cats named Grace in public pet registers, making it the #213 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Richmond (5), Vancouver (3), Surf Coast Shire (1). Grace as a cat name →
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