Gretta
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,139since 1881
Gretta over time
Rank among girls' names. Gretta has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | #5,410 | 23 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 |
| 2019 | #3,085 | 52 |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 |
| 2014 | #3,425 | 46 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 |
| 2012 | #2,935 | 58 |
| 2011 | #3,659 | 42 |
| 2010 | #2,589 | 70 |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 |
| 2000 | #3,271 | 41 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 |
| 1972 | #1,975 | 41 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 |
| 1970 | #1,859 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 |
| 1966 | #1,042 | 100 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 |
| 1962 | #1,690 | 45 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,236 | 41 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,349 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,378 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,127 | 41 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,073 | 42 |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 |
| 1932 | #1,043 | 46 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Gretta is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#281 · 1 in 1,500
- Kentucky#400 · 1 in 3,547
- South Carolina#416 · 1 in 3,033
- Georgia#506 · 1 in 4,835
- Alabama#579 · 1 in 5,522
Best ever in a state: #265 in Kansas, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #281 | 13 | 1 in 1,500 |
| Kentucky | #400 | 7 | 1 in 3,547 |
| South Carolina | #416 | 7 | 1 in 3,033 |
| Georgia | #506 | 8 | 1 in 4,835 |
| Alabama | #579 | 5 | 1 in 5,522 |
| Pennsylvania | #888 | 5 | 1 in 17,906 |
| Texas | #1,240 | 5 | 1 in 18,378 |
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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 Gretta
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1895 at #788 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1893–1895
- 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%)
- 13.1% of all girls named Gretta (543) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | #830 (1881) | #974 |
| 1890s | 98 | #788 (1895) | #1,042 |
| 1900s | 110 | #1,002 (1906) | #1,165 |
| 1910s | 206 | #1,031 (1911) | #1,491 |
| 1920s | 260 | #1,282 (1929) | #1,680 |
| 1930s | 389 | #1,043 (1932) | #1,156 |
| 1940s | 315 | #1,236 (1944) | #1,538 |
| 1950s | 314 | #1,648 (1954) | #1,877 |
| 1960s | 491 | #1,042 (1966) | #1,834 |
| 1970s | 337 | #1,665 (1971) | #2,578 |
| 1980s | 193 | #2,847 (1981) | #4,580 |
| 1990s | 234 | #3,313 (1999) | #4,615 |
| 2000s | 423 | #2,865 (2005) | #3,562 |
| 2010s | 543 | #2,589 (2010) | #3,087 |
| 2020s | 188 | #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 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 16,922 of them was named Gretta, which outranked 86.3% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Tanja101
- #1,031Tawnya101
- #1,031Thea101
- #1,042Gretta100
- #1,042Brandy100
- #1,042Jena100
- #1,042Joseph100
- #1,050Autumn99
- #1,050Charity99
- #1,050Deeann99
Tied with 7 names at #1,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.