How Many People Are Named Gretta?
people named Gretta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 119,882 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,139 babies named Gretta in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
100 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of GRETA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gretta in English. Counting Gretta 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 Gretta in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Gretta alive today is about 40 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 59 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Gretta first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1966, to 100 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
π Rank History
Gretta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #800, in 1895. In 2025 it ranked #5,465.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,465 |
| Best rank | #800 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,083 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Gretta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gretta were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 131 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gretta was given 12 times as often in Minnesota, 2.2 times in Pennsylvania and 2 times in Texas.
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