Gretna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gretna

The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Gretna between 1904 and 1948, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gretna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gretna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gretna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gretna 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 112 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.