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Gracie is toothache inducing. I used to love Sophie, I've mellowed on it. It needs a few decade long rest.

I like Sophie more than Gracie. Gracie sounds too youthful and I only like it as a nickname. I like Sophia even more than Sophie. They are similar to the word philosophy and sophisticated.

Gracie- as a Grace, I never liked being called Gracie, even as a little kid. It always just felt childish and doglike. Mean people at school would use “Gracie” to tease me, and most of the people who were actually nice to me just called me Grace. Maybe if it were my legal name I’d feel different, but I feel like in general, Grace has a lot more elegance and ages much better than Gracie. With that said, Gracie is not cutesy to the point where it’s unusable.

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Sophie- I’ve met a lot of Sophias that go by Sophie, and Sophies who were legally called that, but almost no Graces that go by Gracie or legal Gracies. I’d argue it’s better than Gracie. I think it’s just because Sophia isn’t a word. Still, I prefer Sophia. It’s just more elegant.

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Together? It reminds me too much of twins Sophia Grace (one name) and Rosie. But they’re fine.

I really love them both.
My daughter is a Grace that goes by Gracie… honestly, I don’t think she will ever be a Grace. I just can’t see it happening, but I also am glad I did not simply name her Gracie, because part of me is completely driven crazy by parents that give their kids Nickname Names. And yet, mine goes by a nickname exclusively. 🤷‍♀️
I also love Sophie. My friends daughter is a Sofia, and a lot of people call her Sofie… she’s adorable and super sweet so that may wave the flame of love for it a bit.

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As popular as Grace is, I have only ever met one other Gracie, and maybe one or two girls named Grace?
And for all the popularity charts on Sophia, I’ve met two, ever, that I can think of. Maybe that’s why I love them both, still.

I have a close family member named Sophie. She was born in 1999 I think? At the time, I was seriously upset with my aunt for using Sophie. I wanted her to be named Annie or Isabel. But Sophie has grown on me because of this Sophie. I like Sophie much more than I like Sophia which is overstuffed.

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Gracie is kind of nauseating. I mean, it's fine. It's cute I guess. It's cuter when someone is usually called Grace and only gets called Gracie by close family in a really affectionate way. I do like Grace, though it has been done and done.

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Sophie and Gracie could easily be sisters now or 20 years ago. It's funny how little styles have changed. I can imagine Gracie and Sophie with a sister Lucy or a sister Emma, a brother Arthur or a brother Jack, or for that matter, a brother Hunter. These names tend to say less about taste (traditional vs. modern vs. creative etc.) than they do about someone invested in trends. So Hunter could fit with Sophie and Gracie because they're all pretty on trend for the time. But Gracie and Sophie's parents could also be traditionalists who would pick Lucy or Arthur. I'm rambling.

I like Sophie, but not Gracie. I prefer Grace to Gracie. I would not use Gracie as a nickname for Grace.
Both of these names area lot more popular than they seem. A lot of Graces go by Gracie, and a lot of Sophia/Sofias go by Sophie/Sofie.

Sophie works as a full name, just like Julie and Annie and Sylvie do, but Gracie doesn’t.

They sound overly cutesy, like a pair of cocker spaniel puppies. On a person, Sophie feels very posh-trying. Gracie just cheapens Grace.

Gracie feels childish and nicknamey, Sophie doesn’t.

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Sophie/Sophia/Sofia has grown on me a lot though I would still not use it because indeed it’s overdone.

I love Sophie a lot and think it deserves its popularity, although I also hope it isn't too popular when I have kids in the future so I could consider using it. I've always preferred it to Sophia because I like the SOPH part stressed rather than the FEE in Sophia or Sofia. It's also cute and spunky, fits a whole range of personalities, and ages well, despite sounding nicknamey.

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I have pretty much the opposite opinion of Gracie. While I still really like Gracie and think it's cute, I don't think it necessarily ages very well, and Grace as a legal name with the option to go by Gracie is much better imho. Maybe it's because Grace is a word name, but being called Gracie as a full name doesn't seem quite right to me.

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That's just my opinion of course. I like both Gracie and Sophie overall and think they'd make great sister names.

I don't have an opinion on Gracie, but I really love Sophie.