Marygrace
Feminine · “grace”
Marygrace is two names written as one, and both are among the most-used women's names in English — Mary, whose meaning has never been settled, and Grace, whose meaning could not be plainer.
How old is the name Marygrace?
Marygrace first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Marygrace alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 1,900 people named Marygrace are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marygrace most popular?
Marygrace peaked in 2004, reaching #2326 nationally. Today it ranks #3780, 1,454 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
Where it comes from
From Mary Grace to Marygrace
The story of Marygrace
Double first names have been given in America for centuries, and Mary was so common for so long that it appears in half of them — Mary Jane, Mary Beth, Mary Ellen, Mary Grace. Closing them into one word is recent and practical: forms give one field for a first name. Marygrace appears in American records particularly in Catholic and Filipino families.
Meaningscholars disagree
grace
Grace is documented: from Latin gratia, favor freely given, a virtue name taken up by English Puritans. Mary descends from Miriam, whose origin is genuinely unsettled — bitterness, rebellion and an Egyptian source have all been proposed.
How the name formed
- Mary Grace
- Marygrace
Related forms: Mary Grace · María Gracia
Pronouncing Marygrace
MAIR-ee-GRAYSS
Three syllables with stresses on the first and the last. Said as two names run together.
Nicknames for Marygrace
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
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 200663 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2326reached in 2004
- Change vs 2023
- +25.8%39 in 2025, from 31
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.
Marygrace in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mary Grace in English — same name
- María Gracia in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Marygraces among us
people named Marygrace are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 41,212 born in 2025 was named Marygrace
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 Gwendlyn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Marygrace's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gwendlyn climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gwendlyn's path sketches the road Marygrace is walking now.
Marygrace 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
Where Marygrace is headed
Marygrace should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Marygrace beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Marygrace in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are complete names and either works alone at any age.
- Grace has a settled meaning that needs no explaining.
- Written as one word, it survives forms that discard a second given name.
- Systems and teachers will split it back into Mary Grace or drop the second half.
- Nine letters in one field is awkward and the capital G is usually lost.
- Mary's own meaning is genuinely unknown, which surprises people.
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Frequently asked
- How many Marygraces are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Marygrace are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marygrace in 2025?
- Marygrace ranks #3780 among US girl names in 2025, with 39 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Marygrace?
- About 1 in every 41,212 US girls born in 2025 was named Marygrace — 39 in all.
- Will my child share the name Marygrace with classmates?
- Marygrace will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Marygrace
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