Graceson
Masculine · “son of Grace”
Graceson is given to both — 531 boys and 23 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Graceson joins Grace to the -son ending, and grace is one of the few English virtue words that came straight from Latin without changing sense.
How old is the name Graceson?
Graceson first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Graceson is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Graceson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Graceson most popular?
Graceson peaked in 2020, reaching #2546 nationally. Today it ranks #4396, 1,850 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Graceson
Ours, offered as ours. Gratia in Latin meant favor that is not earned, and the theological sense in English kept that precisely — grace is by definition what cannot be deserved. English Puritans took it as a name in the seventeenth century alongside Faith, Hope and Prudence. Graceson adds a patronymic ending, which produces the slightly odd sense of a son of a quality rather than of a person, and that is a genuinely modern construction.
Meaningscholars disagree
son of Grace
Grace is documented: from Latin gratia, favor freely given, which English Puritans took as a virtue name. The -son ending is a genuine patronymic. Whether the compound is a real surname or a modern construction is not settled.
Pronouncing Graceson
GRAY-sun
Two syllables, first stressed. Graceson and Grayson are said identically.
Nicknames for Graceson
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most boys named
- 202050 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2546reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −4.2%23 in 2025, from 24
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Graceson in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Grayson in English — related form
- Gratia in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, North Carolina.
Gracesons among us
people named Graceson are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 74,264 born in 2025 was named Graceson
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kajuan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Graceson's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kajuan climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kajuan's path sketches the road Graceson is walking now.
Graceson sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Graceson beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Graceson in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Grace and Gray are both complete names in their own right.
- A settled Latin meaning behind the first half.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Grayson is far more common and sounds identical.
- Grace is overwhelmingly a women's name, which the compound inherits.
- The -son ending after an abstract noun is grammatically odd.
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Frequently asked
- How many Gracesons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Graceson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Graceson in 2025?
- Graceson ranks #4396 among US boy names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Graceson?
- About 1 in every 74,264 US boys born in 2025 was named Graceson — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Graceson with classmates?
- Graceson will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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