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.
Where Greta is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#323 · 1 in 2,306
- Iowa#399 · 1 in 3,190
- Washington#610 · 1 in 4,534
- Georgia#715 · 1 in 6,280
- Pennsylvania#780 · 1 in 8,591
Best ever in a state: #63 in Minnesota, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #323 | 12 | 1 in 2,306 |
| Iowa | #399 | 5 | 1 in 3,190 |
| Washington | #610 | 6 | 1 in 4,534 |
| Georgia | #715 | 6 | 1 in 6,280 |
| Pennsylvania | #780 | 8 | 1 in 8,591 |
| Michigan | #858 | 6 | 1 in 9,421 |
| New York | #1,266 | 8 | 1 in 13,561 |
| California | #2,281 | 6 | 1 in 34,616 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 14,918 of them was named Greta, which outranked 90.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,203Roxann116
- #1,203Skye116
- #1,203Therese116
- #1,210Greta115
- #1,210Ashlei115
- #1,210Dulce115
- #1,210May115
- #1,215Chelsi114
- #1,215Florence114
- #1,215Lila114
Tied with 4 names at #1,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.