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How popular is Grace as a first name?

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samstown · 03/06/2010 17:09

Sorry for shamelessly stealing the thread title from the lady who wanted to know the same thing about the name Matilda!

I am not pregnant at the moment but have always loved the name Grace. It was also the name of DPs grandmother and it is one of the few names that we both love! I was wondering how many of you know lots of girls with a first name of Grace? I know it is hugely popular as a middle name (along with Rose!) but I work in a school and as far as I know there is one Grace in the whole school who is in year 6. I also know of one girl who recently called her little one this.

Is it really, really popular as a first name? Im not overly bothered about having a really unique name for my child or anything but on the other hand when I look at my facebook friend list and see 9 lauras and 7 emilys on my list it makes me think I dont want something too common!

By the way, I am not some madly broody woman who spends every waking moment of the day contemplating the names of my as yet non-existent children - (I started another baby name thread yesterday!) I just have a lot of school reports to write and this is a good way of procrastinating!

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samstown · 03/06/2010 17:49

Hmmmm, maybe it is just my area then that it is not very popular!

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legallyblond · 03/06/2010 17:48

(I started the Matilda thread!)... and as I said there, if you love it, then always use it. Even the most popular names are only used by 3 or 4 in every hundred!

Needaname · 03/06/2010 17:47

I work in KS2 and there are loads.

monkeyfacegrace · 03/06/2010 17:45

Yey, no negative comments! Good, as I have a 3yr old one

rachxx · 03/06/2010 17:29

when I was a child there were hardly any, but now there are loads of them- it was one of the more popular names in 2009.

Still, its not as common as Ellie's/Charlottes/Amelia's at the momement

pointydog · 03/06/2010 17:27

I don't know a single young Grace in my town and it's a beautiful name so why not use it

ArseHolio · 03/06/2010 17:26

I've got a 5yo grace and when ever we go anywhere if I call her about 7 little faces turn to me. It is very popular.

I still love it but tbh sometime now I wish we'd called her somthing else.

Bucharest · 03/06/2010 17:25

It's slightly less popular as a first name (still top 10 I think though) than as a middle name where it is the default option if you've rejected May and Rose.

I think the peak was about 5-6 years ago.

nickelbabe · 03/06/2010 17:22

i have noticed this year that there are loads in ks2.
whenever i have classes at the shop there's a grace in every class.

it's still a gorgeous name though.

clare8888 · 03/06/2010 17:21

Hi, Grace was one of the few names for girls that me and my other half both liked but I was put off by how popular it had been over the last few years. However I read on one of these threads a comment that 'if no one close (friends or family) already has the name you can get in first' so we decided to go for it, and now nearly 4 weeks later can't imagine her called anything else! Also loads of people remark 'what a lovely name' when they ask what she's called.

rosieposey · 03/06/2010 17:15

I have a 13 year old Grace, its populer but not too popular i think, have met a few in throughout her school career but not too many. Its a lovely name

RatherBeOnThePiste · 03/06/2010 17:13

I know one aged 4 and one aged 3. It was on our list for DD now aged 13 but we wanted something slightly more obscure. But it is a strong and gorgeous name - I don't believe you can go wrong with it.

Now get back to report writing on this lovely sunny day!!!!