Gretel — #3272 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gretel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,465 babies named Gretel between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gretel currently holds the #3272 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gretel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 435 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gretel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 173 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Gretel in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gretel 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 1,465 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.