Recorded 2000–2014 Girls' name Peak 2008 47 births

Gretchyn — girls' name

47 babies named Gretchyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Gretchyn was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

9 babies were named Gretchyn in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gretchyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Gretchyn between 2000 and 2014, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gretchyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gretchyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gretchyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gretchyn 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 47 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.

Gretchyn at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

47

Since 2000

15 years of records

Peak year

2008

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

2000

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2014

Gretchyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2000

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2008)
9
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
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Gretchyn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
25 births that decade — 53% of Gretchyn's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gretchyn?
47 babies have been named Gretchyn since 2000. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2008 with 9 births.
When was Gretchyn most popular?
Gretchyn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Gretchyn been used?
Gretchyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 15 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Gretchyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gretchen, Greta, Grecia, Gretta, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.