Girls' name · since 1993
Gretell
Gretell has 23 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Gretell since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Gretell recorded 23 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2018.
- #44,091 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gretell ranks #44,091 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #44,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gretell's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gretell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gretell's full recorded timeline at 2011, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gretell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2018
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Gretell by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
2010s was Gretell's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Gretell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gretell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gretell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.