Grace is a highly popular girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #25 in 2024 with 1,390 recorded births. This places Grace in the top 1% of ranked UK girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Popular. The name reached its all-time peak in 2006 with 5,026 births ranking #1. In 2024, approximately 1 in every 186 girls born was named Grace. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Grace is a timeless virtue name centred on elegance, favour, and generosity. It feels simple, luminous, and deeply classic.
The name has been used for centuries in Christian and English-speaking naming and remains one of the clearest examples of a virtue name that never feels forced. Its beauty lies in restraint.