Greta
Greta is ranked 855th among girls in 2024 (314 births). Its best rank was 317th, in 1932.
- Rank in 2024
- #855up 81 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3140.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1967534 births
- Best rank
- #317in 1932
- Since 1885
- 27,496people given the name
The story in the numbers
27,496 girls have been named Greta in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1967, with 534 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 597 → 855).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 2010s alone account for 17%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Greta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | |
| 1890s | 190 | |
| 1900s | 271 | |
| 1910s | 741 | |
| 1920s | 1,168 | |
| 1930s | 2,879 | |
| 1940s | 1,266 | |
| 1950s | 2,309 | |
| 1960s | 3,462 | |
| 1970s | 2,210 | |
| 1980s | 1,417 | |
| 1990s | 1,445 | |
| 2000s | 3,755 | |
| 2010s | 4,712 | |
| 2020s | 1,627 |
In 1967, its biggest year
Greta was the 394th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1967 were Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle, Mary and Susan. See all of 1967.
Names that rose and fell with Greta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Libbypeak 2009
- Evangelinapeak 2012
- Cozettepeak 2013
- Aidapeak 2005
- Audreypeak 2015
- Joellapeak 2016
- Estelapeak 2022
- Adelaidapeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.