Gretta Girl
How popular is Gretta?
#5,409 girl name in 2025
23 baby girls were named Gretta in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
Gretta popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,409 for girls (▼ 1023 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,211 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1966 (100 girls) |
| Highest rank | #788 in 1895 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gretta counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Greta family of names ranked #789 for girls in 2025 (#756 the year before), with 314 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Greta | 291 | 93% |
| Gretta | 23 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gretta is most popular
Babies named Gretta per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Gretta by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | #830 |
| 1890s | 98 | #788 |
| 1900s | 110 | #1,002 |
| 1910s | 206 | #1,031 |
| 1920s | 260 | #1,281 |
| 1930s | 389 | #1,043 |
| 1940s | 315 | #1,235 |
| 1950s | 314 | #1,647 |
| 1960s | 491 | #1,042 |
| 1970s | 337 | #1,665 |
| 1980s | 193 | #2,847 |
| 1990s | 234 | #3,310 |
| 2000s | 423 | #2,861 |
| 2010s | 543 | #2,589 |
| 2020s | 188 | #3,763 |
Girl names about as popular as Gretta
Questions
- Is Gretta a boy or girl name?
- Gretta is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gretta were girls.
- How popular is the name Gretta?
- 23 baby girls were named Gretta in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
- When was Gretta most popular?
- Gretta peaked in 1966, when 100 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #788 in 1895.
- How many people are named Gretta?
- 4,139 babies have been named Gretta in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,893 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Gretta most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gretta was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.