Gretchen
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #5,525
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 1,351 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 53,799since 1882
Gretchen over time
Rank among girls' names. Gretchen has never cracked the top 100 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 | #4,265 | 33 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,674 | 65 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,784 | 61 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,482 | 71 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,026 | 96 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,752 | 120 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,380 | 170 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,425 | 162 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,261 | 191 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,184 | 203 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,206 | 203 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,054 | 234 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,101 | 226 | — | |
| 2009 | #998 | 265 | — | |
| 2008 | #953 | 283 | — | |
| 2007 | #883 | 316 | — | |
| 2006 | #777 | 355 | — | |
| 2005 | #762 | 349 | — | |
| 2004 | #886 | 275 | — | |
| 2003 | #782 | 316 | — | |
| 2002 | #812 | 285 | — | |
| 2001 | #763 | 313 | — | |
| 2000 | #743 | 310 | — | |
| 1999 | #745 | 301 | — | |
| 1998 | #747 | 290 | — | |
| 1997 | #752 | 283 | — | |
| 1996 | #722 | 290 | — | |
| 1995 | #722 | 283 | — | |
| 1994 | #738 | 281 | — | |
| 1993 | #682 | 320 | — | |
| 1992 | #683 | 317 | — | |
| 1991 | #596 | 377 | — | |
| 1990 | #628 | 356 | — | |
| 1989 | #534 | 430 | — | |
| 1988 | #588 | 344 | — | |
| 1987 | #559 | 359 | — | |
| 1986 | #512 | 405 | — | |
| 1985 | #470 | 451 | — | |
| 1984 | #404 | 524 | — | |
| 1983 | #374 | 596 | — | |
| 1982 | #325 | 747 | — | |
| 1981 | #276 | 895 | — | |
| 1980 | #271 | 917 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #262 | 930 | — | |
| 1978 | #251 | 947 | — | |
| 1977 | #238 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1976 | #198 | 1,223 | — | |
| 1975 | #209 | 1,175 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #199 | 1,278 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #191 | 1,351 | — | |
| 1972 | #221 | 1,261 | — | |
| 1971 | #224 | 1,347 | — | |
| 1970 | #251 | 1,244 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #263 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1968 | #293 | 887 | — | |
| 1967 | #271 | 968 | — | |
| 1966 | #269 | 960 | — | |
| 1965 | #295 | 906 | — | |
| 1964 | #294 | 974 | — | |
| 1963 | #299 | 962 | — | |
| 1962 | #289 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1961 | #285 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1960 | #306 | 937 | — | |
| 1959 | #333 | 812 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #350 | 687 | — | |
| 1957 | #381 | 565 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #369 | 567 | — | |
| 1955 | #366 | 575 | — | |
| 1954 | #367 | 563 | — | |
| 1953 | #351 | 578 | — | |
| 1952 | #342 | 583 | — | |
| 1951 | #318 | 618 | — | |
| 1950 | #329 | 545 | — | |
| 1949 | #316 | 608 | — | |
| 1948 | #303 | 640 | — | |
| 1947 | #332 | 570 | — | |
| 1946 | #309 | 567 | — | |
| 1945 | #308 | 493 | — | |
| 1944 | #302 | 490 | — | |
| 1943 | #332 | 448 | — | |
| 1942 | #321 | 464 | — | |
| 1941 | #310 | 441 | — | |
| 1940 | #289 | 471 | — | |
| 1939 | #298 | 420 | — | |
| 1938 | #285 | 483 | — | |
| 1937 | #334 | 350 | — | |
| 1936 | #362 | 303 | — | |
| 1935 | #363 | 301 | — | |
| 1934 | #372 | 288 | — | |
| 1933 | #414 | 240 | — | |
| 1932 | #430 | 233 | — | |
| 1931 | #459 | 198 | — | |
| 1930 | #500 | 178 | — | |
| 1929 | #556 | 152 | — | |
| 1928 | #520 | 177 | — | |
| 1927 | #594 | 142 | — | |
| 1926 | #593 | 143 | — | |
| 1925 | #605 | 144 | — | |
| 1924 | #669 | 123 | — | |
| 1923 | #593 | 149 | — | |
| 1922 | #588 | 149 | — | |
| 1921 | #603 | 144 | — | |
| 1920 | #625 | 131 | — | |
| 1919 | #619 | 128 | — | |
| 1918 | #523 | 176 | — | |
| 1917 | #402 | 246 | — | |
| 1916 | #357 | 296 | — | |
| 1915 | #351 | 288 | — | |
| 1914 | #380 | 196 | — | |
| 1913 | #384 | 158 | — | |
| 1912 | #397 | 134 | — | |
| 1911 | #459 | 80 | — | |
| 1910 | #403 | 95 | — | |
| 1909 | #463 | 66 | — | |
| 1908 | #464 | 60 | — | |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 | — | |
| 1906 | #458 | 55 | — | |
| 1905 | #528 | 42 | — | |
| 1904 | #493 | 44 | — | |
| 1903 | #514 | 39 | — | |
| 1902 | #600 | 30 | — | |
| 1901 | #467 | 41 | — | |
| 1900 | #453 | 55 | — | |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 | — | |
| 1898 | #491 | 39 | — | |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 | — | |
| 1896 | #457 | 40 | — | |
| 1895 | #493 | 35 | — | |
| 1894 | #597 | 24 | — | |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 | — | |
| 1892 | #565 | 24 | — | |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | — | |
| 1890 | #483 | 29 | — | |
| 1889 | #543 | 22 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Gretchen! It came in at #596, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gretchen
- 806 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #4,265)
- 1,668 spots since 2020 (#2,597 → #4,265)
- 2,840 spots since 2015 (#1,425 → #4,265)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1886 (#1,047 → #693)
- Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1884 (#754 → #930)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1973 at #191 (1,351 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1886–2009
- Highest: 1 in 1,079 girls born in 1973 were named Gretchen (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all girls named Gretchen (11,800) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | #543 (1889) | #715 |
| 1890s | 320 | #430 (1891) | #506 |
| 1900s | 479 | #453 (1900) | #496 |
| 1910s | 1,797 | #351 (1915) | #428 |
| 1920s | 1,454 | #520 (1928) | #595 |
| 1930s | 2,994 | #285 (1938) | #382 |
| 1940s | 5,192 | #289 (1940) | #312 |
| 1950s | 6,093 | #318 (1951) | #351 |
| 1960s | 9,745 | #263 (1969) | #286 |
| 1970s | 11,800 | #191 (1973) | #224 |
| 1980s | 5,668 | #271 (1980) | #431 |
| 1990s | 3,098 | #596 (1991) | #702 |
| 2000s | 3,067 | #743 (2000) | #836 |
| 2010s | 1,676 | #1,054 (2011) | #1,487 |
| 2020s | 321 | #2,597 (2020) | #3,150 |
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.
Gretchen in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 1,241 of them was named Gretchen, which outranked 98.0% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 173,484 of them was named Gretchen, which outranked 42.3% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,428Wilhelm10
- #3,428Zebedee10
- #3,428Zerrick10
- #3,659Gretchen9
- #3,659Abelino9
- #3,659Acie9
- #3,659Agustine9
- #3,941Aashish8
- #3,941Abdula8
- #3,941Abrahm8
Tied with 281 names at #3,659; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.