Gretta
Gretta is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. Its best rank was 800th, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 320.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1966100 births
- Best rank
- #800in 1895
- Since 1881
- 4,116people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,116 girls have been named Gretta in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 100 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 2010s alone account for 13%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gretta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | |
| 1890s | 98 | |
| 1900s | 110 | |
| 1910s | 206 | |
| 1920s | 260 | |
| 1930s | 389 | |
| 1940s | 315 | |
| 1950s | 314 | |
| 1960s | 491 | |
| 1970s | 337 | |
| 1980s | 193 | |
| 1990s | 234 | |
| 2000s | 423 | |
| 2010s | 543 | |
| 2020s | 165 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Gretta was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Gretta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Petrapeak 1927
- Launapeak 2006
- Raepeak 1956
- Adelapeak 2015
- Ninapeak 1980
- Matildepeak 1927
- Graciapeak 2003
- Zenobiapeak 1923
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.