Gretel
- #3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,514since 1915
Gretel over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gretel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 |
| 2024 | #3,225 | 49 |
| 2023 | #3,225 | 50 |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 |
| 2016 | #2,934 | 57 |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
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| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Gretel! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Gretel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Texas#2,038 · 1 in 16,054
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
Best ever in a state: #776 in South Carolina, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #2,038 | 10 | 1 in 16,054 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 24 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #3,249)
- 249 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #3,249)
- 820 spots since 2015 (#4,069 → #3,249)
Rise & fade · girls
107 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2022 at #2,579 (68 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,120
- Highest: 1 in 24,120 girls born in 2022 were named Gretel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 28.7% of all girls named Gretel (435) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,434 (1915) | #3,843 |
| 1920s | 31 | #3,053 (1927) | #4,407 |
| 1930s | 69 | #2,831 (1932) | #3,638 |
| 1940s | 25 | #2,846 (1941) | #4,363 |
| 1950s | 51 | #3,377 (1955) | #4,792 |
| 1960s | 87 | #4,222 (1968) | #4,796 |
| 1970s | 114 | #3,777 (1979) | #5,582 |
| 1980s | 99 | #4,743 (1980) | #7,151 |
| 1990s | 90 | #6,672 (1994) | #9,137 |
| 2000s | 193 | #5,174 (2001) | #6,317 |
| 2010s | 435 | #2,739 (2014) | #3,644 |
| 2020s | 307 | #2,579 (2022) | #3,171 |
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.
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