Gretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Gretha between 1916 and 1966, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gretha performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gretha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gretha 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 41 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.