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How popular is “Grace” in the USA?

Number of people named “Grace” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Grace” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Grace” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Grace” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Grace” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Grace” by birth year

This chart shows how “Grace” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 988 0.004903615 982 6 99%
1881 1089 0.005651623 1089 100%
1882 1201 0.005421314 1195 6 99%
1883 1307 0.006024541 1307 100%
1884 1535 0.006304911 1525 10 99%
1885 1580 0.006559991 1575 5 99%
1886 1735 0.0067955 1723 12 99%
1887 1692 0.006839348 1692 100%
1888 2100 0.007012295 2090 10 99%
1889 2049 0.00709129 2049 100%
1890 2289 0.007594534 2278 11 99%
1891 2099 0.007321931 2088 11 99%
1892 2312 0.006914413 2299 13 99%
1893 2318 0.007127417 2308 10 99%
1894 2367 0.006988692 2361 6 99%
1895 2457 0.006999601 2448 9 99%
1896 2496 0.00698213 2485 11 99%
1897 2468 0.007113273 2458 10 99%
1898 2741 0.007185644 2726 15 99%
1899 2362 0.006962745 2353 9 99%
1900 2953 0.006558462 2942 11 99%
1901 2403 0.006948862 2398 5 100%
1902 2648 0.006847101 2642 6 100%
1903 2625 0.006886149 2616 9 99%
1904 2522 0.006250542 2513 9 99%
1905 2643 0.006234637 2630 13 99%
1906 2636 0.006152396 2626 10 99%
1907 2759 0.005928361 2747 12 99%
1908 2918 0.005971566 2901 17 99%
1909 2923 0.00571765 2912 11 99%
1910 3154 0.005339328 3145 9 99%
1911 3317 0.005148399 3304 13 99%
1912 4432 0.004485548 4418 14 99%
1913 4690 0.004124491 4669 21 99%
1914 5607 0.003958784 5594 13 100%
1915 7063 0.003854453 7044 19 99%
1916 7485 0.003869383 7461 24 99%
1917 7389 0.003682073 7373 16 100%
1918 7792 0.003588946 7770 22 99%
1919 7206 0.003414769 7195 11 100%
1920 7193 0.003179026 7172 21 99%
1921 7250 0.003105583 7230 20 99%
1922 6769 0.002956985 6743 26 99%
1923 6334 0.002750946 6316 18 99%
1924 6342 0.002662905 6327 15 100%
1925 6004 0.002573177 5983 21 99%
1926 5449 0.002373356 5427 22 99%
1927 5331 0.002298481 5304 27 99%
1928 5012 0.002216779 4989 23 99%
1929 4599 0.00209793 4569 30 99%
1930 4237 0.001905736 4218 19 99%
1931 3730 0.001772487 3712 18 99%
1932 3555 0.001683804 3535 20 99%
1933 3347 0.001673963 3330 17 99%
1934 3101 0.001493151 3087 14 99%
1935 3005 0.001437868 2995 10 99%
1936 2813 0.001353981 2790 23 98%
1937 2715 0.001274247 2710 5 100%
1938 2620 0.001184141 2609 11 99%
1939 2388 0.001083759 2371 17 99%
1940 2402 0.00104313 2386 16 99%
1941 2108 0.000865202 2102 6 99%
1942 2173 0.000795441 2158 15 99%
1943 2135 0.000756406 2122 13 99%
1944 1932 0.000718195 1925 7 99%
1945 1750 0.000659653 1745 5 99%
1946 1763 0.000551747 1763 100%
1947 1888 0.000524106 1883 5 99%
1948 1683 0.00048747 1677 6 99%
1949 1608 0.000461436 1608 100%
1950 1517 0.000433013 1511 6 99%
1951 1579 0.000428641 1579 100%
1952 1525 0.000401527 1525 100%
1953 1388 0.000360179 1383 5 99%
1954 1419 0.000356469 1410 9 99%
1955 1397 0.000347938 1391 6 99%
1956 1845 0.000447486 1838 7 99%
1957 1928 0.000458814 1922 6 99%
1958 1710 0.000413653 1704 6 99%
1959 1674 0.000402598 1666 8 99%
1960 1567 0.000377244 1567 100%
1961 1443 0.000348357 1443 100%
1962 1329 0.000329338 1329 100%
1963 1280 0.000323379 1274 6 99%
1964 1217 0.000313046 1211 6 99%
1965 1121 0.000309203 1114 7 99%
1966 935 0.000269014 935 100%
1967 897 0.00026422 897 100%
1968 756 0.000223774 751 5 99%
1969 693 0.000199406 693 100%
1970 777 0.000215444 777 100%
1971 678 0.000197532 678 100%
1972 607 0.000193128 607 100%
1973 604 0.000200206 604 100%
1974 535 0.000175987 535 100%
1975 567 0.000187786 567 100%
1976 527 0.000173681 527 100%
1977 526 0.000165591 526 100%
1978 587 0.000184948 587 100%
1979 691 0.000207695 691 100%
1980 761 0.000220932 761 100%
1981 837 0.000241951 832 5 99%
1982 957 0.000272808 951 6 99%
1983 1004 0.000289894 997 7 99%
1984 1021 0.000292655 1016 5 99%
1985 1071 0.000300075 1066 5 99%
1986 1159 0.000325829 1159 100%
1987 1387 0.000384678 1379 8 99%
1988 1717 0.000464677 1708 9 99%
1989 1941 0.000504884 1927 14 99%
1990 2187 0.000553324 2187 100%
1991 2397 0.000615362 2386 11 99%
1992 2666 0.000694041 2660 6 100%
1993 2711 0.000719045 2705 6 100%
1994 3177 0.000854571 3177 100%
1995 3473 0.000948349 3473 100%
1996 3752 0.001028736 3741 11 99%
1997 4645 0.001281115 4639 6 100%
1998 5728 0.001557281 5723 5 100%
1999 9189 0.002487637 9181 8 100%
2000 11294 0.002987907 11284 10 100%
2001 12102 0.003232898 12089 13 100%
2002 12071 0.003229016 12056 15 100%
2003 12801 0.00336663 12781 20 100%
2004 12576 0.003291351 12536 40 99%
2005 11893 0.003093233 11865 28 100%
2006 10990 0.002777926 10974 16 100%
2007 9783 0.002447167 9768 15 100%
2008 9059 0.002304699 9041 18 100%
2009 8331 0.00218079 8321 10 100%
2010 7696 0.002082398 7689 7 100%
2011 7648 0.002090879 7640 8 100%
2012 7402 0.00202386 7393 9 100%
2013 7398 0.002029258 7385 13 100%
2014 7672 0.002069946 7659 13 100%
2015 7689 0.002077596 7679 10 100%
2016 7631 0.00208003 7616 15 100%
2017 7095 0.001983952 7083 12 100%
2018 6796 0.001932935 6785 11 100%
2019 6115 0.001761774 6104 11 100%
2020 5629 0.001685038 5623 6 100%
2021 5554 0.00163934 5540 14 99%
2022 5289 0.001563343 5289 100%
2023 4918 0.001485264 4904 14 99%
2024 5009 0.001504882 5002 7 100%

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