Gretta — #4374 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gretta

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,116 babies named Gretta between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gretta currently holds the #4374 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 100 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gretta performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 543 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Gretta in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gretta 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 4,116 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.