Grace
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Grace (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Grace has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2016 | 19 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 25 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 15 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 192 | – |
| 2000 | 197 | – |
| 2001 | 204 | – |
| 2002 | 213 | – |
| 2003 | 225 | – |
| 2004 | 232 | – |
| 2005 | 237 | – |
| 2006 | 250 | – |
| 2007 | 274 | – |
| 2008 | 291 | – |
| 2009 | 311 | – |
| 2010 | 326 | – |
| 2011 | 350 | – |
| 2012 | 377 | – |
| 2013 | 402 | – |
| 2014 | 440 | – |
| 2015 | 474 | – |
| 2016 | 505 | – |
| 2017 | 544 | – |
| 2018 | 589 | – |
| 2019 | 624 | 11 |
| 2020 | 659 | 12 |
Grace in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Grace.Hi! My name is Grace.
- Grace bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Grace lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Grace kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Grace is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Graces mamma är lärare.Grace's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Graces mamma is Grace's mum.
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Questions about Grace
How do you pronounce Grace in Swedish?
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What does the name Grace mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
How popular is Grace in Sweden?
15 babies were named Grace in 2022. In 2020, 671 people in Sweden had Grace as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.