Gretta

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births

Peak · girls
#788
1895 · 16 births
Debut · girls
1881
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,139
since 1881

Gretta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gretta has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #788, 1895girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,41023
2024#4,38732
2023#4,45431
2022#3,76540
2021#4,50730
2020#4,26332
2019#3,08552
2018#3,34647
2017#3,19250
2016#2,69764
2015#3,21151
2014#3,42546
2013#2,72663
2012#2,93558
2011#3,65942
2010#2,58970
2009#3,51246
2008#4,08938
2007#3,37649
2006#4,16535
2005#2,86557
2004#3,33345
2003#3,59039
2002#4,28029
2001#3,14244
2000#3,27141
1999#3,31338
1998#4,63623
1997#4,12526
1996#4,18425
1995#3,96926
1994#4,01626
1993#4,99819
1992#4,38223
1991#6,97612
1990#5,54916
1989#5,04917
1988#5,32115
1987#7,9878
1986#4,72416
1985#5,34813
1984#4,73715
1983#3,68721
1982#3,09328
1981#2,84731
1980#3,00229
1979#3,90319
1978#3,51221
1977#2,83828
1976#3,09523
1975#2,35734
1974#2,06640
1973#2,50629
1972#1,97541
1971#1,66555
1970#1,85947
1969#1,72849
1968#1,34768
1967#1,20977
1966#1,042100
1965#2,29327
1964#2,34827
1963#2,48924
1962#1,69045
1961#2,67321
1960#1,52353
1959#1,85236
1958#1,73339
1957#1,78437
1956#1,87133
1955#2,02428
1954#1,64838
1953#2,12224
1952#1,93427
1951#1,96825
1950#1,83527
1949#1,73630
1948#1,90125
1947#1,60235
1946#1,55932
1945#1,45031
1944#1,23641
1943#1,83422
1942#1,34936
1941#1,47228
1940#1,24235
1939#1,37829
1938#1,12741
1937#1,09942
1936#1,20635
1935#1,07342
1934#1,04744
1933#1,10240
1932#1,04346
1931#1,19936
1930#1,28934
1929#1,28234
1928#1,33833
1927#1,48630
1926#1,72124
1925#2,01819
1924#1,81123
1923#1,52029
1922#1,57528
1921#2,37815
1920#1,66625
1919#1,64924
1918#1,23437
1917#1,92318
1916#1,48525
1915#1,25831
1914#1,66516
1913#1,52815
1912#1,62012
1911#1,03118
1910#1,52110
1909#1,29011
1908#1,20312
1907#1,28910
1906#1,00214
1905#1,05713
1904#1,09211
1903#1,13710
1902#1,13310
1901#1,3397
1900#1,10612
1899#1,3946
1898#96313
1897#1,2637
1896#1,2138
1895#78816
1894#99810
1893#95510
1892#1,0179
1891#1,0068
1890#82511
1889#9029
1888#1,1366
1887#9377
1886#9936
1885#1,0475
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881#8305
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Gretta! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Gretta
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,023 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #5,410)
  • 1,147 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #5,410)
  • 2,199 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #5,410)
  • Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1898 (#1,263 → #963)
  • Biggest drop: 431 spots in 1899 (#963 → #1,394)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1895 at #788 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1893–1895
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,602
  • Highest: 1 in 14,602 girls born in 1895 were named Gretta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 13.1% of all girls named Gretta (543) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#830 (1881)#974
1890s98#788 (1895)#1,042
1900s110#1,002 (1906)#1,165
1910s206#1,031 (1911)#1,491
1920s260#1,282 (1929)#1,680
1930s389#1,043 (1932)#1,156
1940s315#1,236 (1944)#1,538
1950s314#1,648 (1954)#1,877
1960s491#1,042 (1966)#1,834
1970s337#1,665 (1971)#2,578
1980s193#2,847 (1981)#4,580
1990s234#3,313 (1999)#4,615
2000s423#2,865 (2005)#3,562
2010s543#2,589 (2010)#3,087
2020s188#3,765 (2022)#4,464

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.

Gretta in 1881

girls
#830
5 births · 1 in 18,391 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #830Gretta5
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 18,391 of them was named Gretta, which outranked 11.5% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gretta
  1. #740Zena6
  2. #740Zenobia6
  3. #740Zilpha6
  4. #830Gretta5
  5. #830Aggie5
  6. #830Alba5
  7. #830Aletha5

Tied with 108 names at #830; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 431Isa#836 → #405
  2. ↑ 389Opal#836 → #447
  3. ↑ 345Natalie#836 → #491
  4. ↑ 304Arvilla#738 → #434
  5. ↑ 304Lauretta#738 → #434
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
  2. ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
  3. ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
  4. ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
  5. ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1881 →