Grethel — #9556 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Grethel

The Social Security Administration has registered 625 babies named Grethel between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Grethel currently holds the #9556 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Grethel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Grethel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Grethel in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Grethel 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 625 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.