How Many People Are Named Greta?
people named Greta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,888 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,791 babies named Greta in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
534 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of MARGARETA. A famous bearer of this name was Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Greta in English. Counting Greta and these spellings together, about 24,362 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Greta in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Greta alive today is about 36 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 58 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Greta first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1967, to 534 babies. In 2025, 291 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
π Rank History
Greta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #317, in 1932. In 2025 it ranked #908.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #908 |
| Best rank | #317 (1932) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #615 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Greta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Greta were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 1,908 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Greta was given 5.1 times as often in Minnesota, 2.4 times in North Dakota and 2.3 times in Wisconsin.
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