How Many People Are Named Gretel?
people named Gretel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 249,477 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,514 babies named Gretel in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
68 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of GRETE. This name is well-known as the character in Grimm's fairy tale who is captured, with her brother Hansel, by a witch.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gretel in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Gretel alive today is about 23 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 37 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Gretel first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2022, to 68 babies. In 2025, 48 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
π Rank History
Gretel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,589, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #3,269.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,269 |
| Best rank | #2,589 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,616 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Gretel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gretel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 182 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gretel was given 4.6 times as often in Texas and 2.9 times in California.
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