| Gracie | Hope | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | grace | hope |
| Origin | english | english |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | GRAY-see | HOHP |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| First appeared | 1880 | 1880 |
| Peak year | 2007 (3,480) | 2000 (2,321) |
| In 2025 | 1,344 | 868 |
| Trend | Declining | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Gracie | Hope |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 7,756 | 6,849 |
| 2010s | 19,109 | 13,760 |
| 2000s | 27,488 | 18,690 |
| 1990s | 2,417 | 14,307 |
| 1980s | 1,052 | 7,624 |
| 1970s | 1,006 | 11,013 |
| 1960s | 2,106 | 8,733 |
| 1950s | 3,297 | 5,008 |
| 1940s | 3,873 | 3,009 |
| 1930s | 4,362 | 2,086 |
| 1920s | 5,160 | 3,376 |
| 1910s | 3,543 | 1,920 |
| 1900s | 1,637 | 429 |
| 1890s | 929 | 293 |
| 1880s | 386 | 128 |
A pet form of Grace, which comes from Latin 'gratia' (favour, divine grace). Shares the Latin grace root directly; used as an independent given name.
A direct English virtue name taken from the ordinary word 'hope', one of the trio of Christian virtue names (Faith, Hope, Charity) that came into use among Puritans in the 16th-17th centuries. The vocabulary word descends from Old English 'hopa'.
Gracie is more popular than Hope today: about 1,344 US babies were given the name Gracie in 2025, compared with 868 named Hope.
Gracie means grace (english origin), while Hope means hope (english origin).
In US records, Gracie first appears in 1880 and Hope in 1880, so Gracie has the longer recorded history.