Greta
#908 for girls in 2025, 291 births · Last seen for boys in 1934 at #3,679
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 400 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 27,786since 1885
Greta over time
Rank among girls' names. Greta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #908 | 291 | — | |
| 2024 | #860 | 314 | — | |
| 2023 | #936 | 283 | — | |
| 2022 | #859 | 324 | — | |
| 2021 | #826 | 336 | — | |
| 2020 | #739 | 370 | — | |
| 2019 | #637 | 462 | — | |
| 2018 | #589 | 519 | — | |
| 2017 | #632 | 466 | — | |
| 2016 | #633 | 473 | — | |
| 2015 | #575 | 533 | — | |
| 2014 | #597 | 494 | — | |
| 2013 | #593 | 479 | — | |
| 2012 | #642 | 444 | — | |
| 2011 | #684 | 411 | — | |
| 2010 | #671 | 431 | — | |
| 2009 | #696 | 417 | — | |
| 2008 | #696 | 434 | — | |
| 2007 | #675 | 434 | — | |
| 2006 | #686 | 411 | — | |
| 2005 | #685 | 405 | — | |
| 2004 | #707 | 379 | — | |
| 2003 | #695 | 376 | — | |
| 2002 | #756 | 319 | — | |
| 2001 | #829 | 279 | — | |
| 2000 | #757 | 301 | — | |
| 1999 | #854 | 253 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,069 | 182 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,153 | 161 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,139 | 159 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,273 | 132 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,471 | 108 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,443 | 110 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,468 | 106 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,367 | 112 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,261 | 116 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,227 | 116 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,210 | 115 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,239 | 110 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,028 | 138 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,044 | 133 | — | |
| 1982 | #905 | 167 | — | |
| 1981 | #779 | 210 | — | |
| 1980 | #810 | 199 | — | |
| 1979 | #778 | 205 | — | |
| 1978 | #924 | 153 | — | |
| 1977 | #943 | 147 | — | |
| 1976 | #793 | 178 | — | |
| 1975 | #741 | 194 | — | |
| 1974 | #660 | 231 | — | |
| 1973 | #648 | 231 | — | |
| 1972 | #670 | 223 | — | |
| 1971 | #576 | 304 | — | |
| 1970 | #544 | 344 | — | |
| 1969 | #525 | 348 | — | |
| 1968 | #467 | 421 | — | |
| 1967 | #394 | 534 | — | |
| 1966 | #451 | 433 | — | |
| 1965 | #606 | 255 | — | |
| 1964 | #680 | 226 | — | |
| 1963 | #583 | 287 | — | |
| 1962 | #603 | 275 | — | |
| 1961 | #513 | 362 | — | |
| 1960 | #538 | 321 | — | |
| 1959 | #521 | 347 | — | |
| 1958 | #572 | 295 | — | |
| 1957 | #580 | 276 | — | |
| 1956 | #592 | 255 | — | |
| 1955 | #602 | 236 | — | |
| 1954 | #663 | 194 | — | |
| 1953 | #646 | 191 | — | |
| 1952 | #664 | 178 | — | |
| 1951 | #615 | 194 | — | |
| 1950 | #717 | 143 | — | |
| 1949 | #782 | 122 | — | |
| 1948 | #665 | 158 | — | |
| 1947 | #725 | 138 | — | |
| 1946 | #796 | 107 | — | |
| 1945 | #768 | 95 | — | |
| 1944 | #785 | 95 | — | |
| 1943 | #641 | 140 | — | |
| 1942 | #644 | 135 | — | |
| 1941 | #628 | 127 | — | |
| 1940 | #568 | 149 | — | |
| 1939 | #526 | 159 | — | |
| 1938 | #462 | 212 | — | |
| 1937 | #447 | 217 | — | |
| 1936 | #422 | 235 | — | |
| 1935 | #387 | 271 | — | |
| 1934 | #353 | 319 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #336 | 338 | — | |
| 1932 | #317 | 400 | — | |
| 1931 | #325 | 383 | — | |
| 1930 | #360 | 345 | — | |
| 1929 | #397 | 283 | — | |
| 1928 | #443 | 235 | — | |
| 1927 | #586 | 146 | — | |
| 1926 | #696 | 107 | — | |
| 1925 | #905 | 67 | — | |
| 1924 | #861 | 76 | — | |
| 1923 | #871 | 71 | — | |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 | — | |
| 1921 | #955 | 60 | — | |
| 1920 | #921 | 62 | — | |
| 1919 | #812 | 75 | — | |
| 1918 | #783 | 84 | — | |
| 1917 | #713 | 94 | — | |
| 1916 | #641 | 111 | — | |
| 1915 | #652 | 103 | — | |
| 1914 | #635 | 83 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #567 | 72 | — | |
| 1911 | #698 | 39 | — | |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | — | |
| 1909 | #813 | 25 | — | |
| 1908 | #669 | 33 | — | |
| 1907 | #739 | 26 | — | |
| 1906 | #633 | 32 | — | |
| 1905 | #564 | 38 | — | |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | — | |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 | — | |
| 1902 | #667 | 25 | — | |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 | — | |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 | — | |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 | — | |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Greta! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
See more about Greta
- 48 spots since 2024 (#860 → #908)
- 169 spots since 2020 (#739 → #908)
- 333 spots since 2015 (#575 → #908)
- Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1889 (#894 → #641)
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1891 (#727 → #1,006)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1932 at #317 (400 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1892–1982
- Highest: 1 in 2,668 girls born in 1932 were named Greta (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,523 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 17.0% of all girls named Greta (4,712) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #641 (1889) | #885 |
| 1890s | 190 | #555 (1898) | #722 |
| 1900s | 271 | #564 (1905) | #699 |
| 1910s | 741 | #567 (1912) | #703 |
| 1920s | 1,168 | #397 (1929) | #758 |
| 1930s | 2,879 | #317 (1932) | #394 |
| 1940s | 1,266 | #568 (1940) | #700 |
| 1950s | 2,309 | #521 (1959) | #617 |
| 1960s | 3,462 | #394 (1967) | #536 |
| 1970s | 2,210 | #544 (1970) | #728 |
| 1980s | 1,416 | #779 (1981) | #1,087 |
| 1990s | 1,445 | #854 (1999) | #1,265 |
| 2000s | 3,755 | #675 (2007) | #718 |
| 2010s | 4,712 | #575 (2015) | #625 |
| 2020s | 1,918 | #739 (2020) | #855 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Greta in 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 3,273 of them was named Greta, which outranked 92.9% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 206,519 of them was named Greta, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 526 names at #3,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.