Gratia

Girls' name

Grace

Gratia has been given to 120 babies in the U.S. since 1889. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1912, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Gratia, 2010

1 in 616,000

Gratia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gratia: meaning, origin, and history

Grace

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gratia means

Gratia means “grace”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gratia is used in Dutch (Rare).

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 120 girls were recorded with the name Gratia between 1889 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1912; its best national rank was #1,360 in 1889.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Gratia?

Gratia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010: 1 in 616,000; 6 of 3,695,928 births
Among girls only: 1 in 296,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2010: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 426,971 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gratia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 426,971 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gratia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gratias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gratia was born before 1921 — so the typical Gratia is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 31.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 5.0%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 31.7% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Gratia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1912 (9)
Years since peak: 113; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,360; 1889

Spellings of Gratia

Gratia is not the most common spelling — Gracie is, with 55.7% against Gratia's 0.08%.

Gracie55.7%84,121
Greta18.4%27,786
Katia4.2%6,339
Grecia4.2%6,318
Oralia3.8%5,758
Gretta2.7%4,139
Rania2.1%3,135
Latia1.9%2,870

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gratia around the world

Where Gratia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1927–1927
#1,326
in 1927

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Gratia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,360; 1889
Peak year: 1912; 9 that year
First recorded: 1889
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 120
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gratia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gradie Graham Graylyn Graylin Graylee Graelyn Graelynn Graclyn Gracely Grazia Hestia Gracelee Gracin Graylynn Grayci Hypatia Graycie Graceyn Grainne Grayli Graycee Gracynn Gracelin Scotia

Sibling names for Gratia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis

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