Greta — #856 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Greta

The Social Security Administration has registered 27,496 babies named Greta between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Greta currently holds the #856 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 534 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Greta performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,712 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Greta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 1,941 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Greta in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Greta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27,496 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.