Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grace is better than 99.9% of other names people list on this forum.

No it's not. It couldn't be plainer which is why it's often used as a middle name. Same with Ann, Rose, and Lynn.

Might as well name the kid Taupe.

+1

We know tons of Graces in their 20s. It's the Millenial version of Lisa or Jennifer.

It peaked at #13 in 2003-2004. I'd say it was a common name but not overwhelmingly so, based on my kids' classes. It's now down to #34 nationally, so you wouldn't run into as many. (It's still #21 in Maryland, ahead of Ella, Emily, and Nova. It's #27 in DC, tied with Josephine and Layla. #32 in Virginia, along with Penelope.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grace is better than 99.9% of other names people list on this forum.

No it's not. It couldn't be plainer which is why it's often used as a middle name. Same with Ann, Rose, and Lynn.

Might as well name the kid Taupe.

Oh you must be Cooter Eggo Buckshot Runfrumdempopo’s mom

Anonymous wrote:I grew up with a bunch of Asian Americans named Grace in the 1990s/2000s (I'm also Asian). Not sure how popular it is today. It's a nice name IMO.

LOL, I grew up in NoVa and I remember my brother and I commenting that Grace reads as an Asian name (as in, if I hear someone is named Grace, I assume she is Asian, probably Korean, until I learn otherwise) and my Boomer mom being mystified.

I'm surprised by the person who said it seems like a Catholic name. Feel like all the Catholic girls are named Gianna and Zelie these days.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grace is better than 99.9% of other names people list on this forum.

No it's not. It couldn't be plainer which is why it's often used as a middle name. Same with Ann, Rose, and Lynn.

Might as well name the kid Taupe.

Emersyn's mom has entered the chat.

Anonymous wrote:Grace is better than 99.9% of other names people list on this forum.

No it's not. It couldn't be plainer which is why it's often used as a middle name. Same with Ann, Rose, and Lynn.

Might as well name the kid Taupe.

People always use it for a middle name

I've never known it to be particularly popular as a first name ...

Grace is better than 99.9% of other names people list on this forum.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you love the name, use it.

-Mother of a Charlotte with ZERO regrets despite there always being another Charlotte in her classes.

Agreed!

— Mother of a Jacob

+1 Jack's mom

My teen is Grace and we actually have not met another—I have younger kids that go through ES.
It’s usually a top 10 but lower in the top 10 list, I think.

I think it continues to be very popular. I definitely put it in the same category as Emma, Charlotte, Sophia, and Olivia. But it’s a very classic, evergreen name and will never be “trendy” the way names like Juniper or Paislee or Emersyn or Brooklynne or Lochlynn will be.

Grace was my grandmother’s name and my middle name. It’s traditional in my family to use Grace as a middle name. We all love the name and connection it brings.

I know one child named Grace (~7 years old) and one adult, so I'd say it's familiar but not particularly common.

I would not avoid a name based on how popular you think it might be. One of my kids has an extremely common classic name. There has never been another girl with that name in her class, on her sports teams, in her Girl Scout troop, etc.

I know 3 little girls around the age of 2 that are named Grace.

And my kids are all in high school/college, so I really don't know many little kids. I figured it must be very popular for me to know so many.