Gretchen
Girl · Germanic
Gretchen is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Gretchen mean?
Germanic
A female given name from German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gretchen a girl's or a boy's name?
Gretchen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gretchen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Gretchen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
How popular is Gretchen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Gretchen, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 1,351 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer girls named Gretchen than any year since 1902.
Half of all the girls named Gretchen in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gretchen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2017 | 120 | #1,752 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,380 |
| 2015 | 162 | #1,425 |
| 2014 | 191 | #1,261 |
| 2013 | 203 | #1,184 |
| 2012 | 203 | #1,206 |
| 2011 | 234 | #1,054 |
| 2010 | 226 | #1,101 |
| 2009 | 265 | #998 |
| 2008 | 283 | #953 |
| 2007 | 316 | #883 |
| 2006 | 355 | #777 |
| 2005 | 349 | #762 |
| 2004 | 275 | #886 |
| 2003 | 316 | #782 |
| 2002 | 285 | #812 |
| 2001 | 313 | #763 |
| 2000 | 310 | #743 |
| 1999 | 301 | #744 |
| 1998 | 290 | #747 |
| 1997 | 283 | #752 |
| 1996 | 290 | #722 |
| 1995 | 283 | #721 |
| 1994 | 281 | #737 |
| 1993 | 320 | #682 |
| 1992 | 317 | #683 |
| 1991 | 377 | #596 |
| 1990 | 356 | #627 |
| 1989 | 430 | #534 |
| 1988 | 344 | #588 |
| 1987 | 359 | #559 |
| 1986 | 405 | #512 |
| 1985 | 451 | #470 |
| 1984 | 524 | #404 |
| 1983 | 596 | #374 |
| 1982 | 747 | #325 |
| 1981 | 895 | #276 |
| 1980 | 917 | #271 |
| 1979 | 930 | #262 |
| 1978 | 947 | #251 |
| 1977 | 1,044 | #238 |
| 1976 | 1,223 | #198 |
| 1975 | 1,175 | #209 |
| 1974 | 1,278 | #199 |
| 1973 | 1,351 | #191 |
| 1972 | 1,261 | #221 |
| 1971 | 1,347 | #224 |
| 1970 | 1,244 | #251 |
| 1969 | 1,106 | #263 |
| 1968 | 887 | #293 |
| 1967 | 968 | #271 |
| 1966 | 960 | #269 |
| 1965 | 906 | #295 |
| 1964 | 974 | #294 |
| 1963 | 962 | #299 |
| 1962 | 1,001 | #289 |
| 1961 | 1,044 | #285 |
| 1960 | 937 | #306 |
| 1959 | 812 | #333 |
| 1958 | 687 | #350 |
| 1957 | 565 | #381 |
| 1956 | 567 | #369 |
| 1955 | 575 | #366 |
| 1954 | 563 | #366 |
| 1953 | 578 | #350 |
| 1952 | 583 | #341 |
| 1951 | 618 | #318 |
| 1950 | 545 | #329 |
| 1949 | 608 | #316 |
| 1948 | 640 | #303 |
| 1947 | 570 | #332 |
| 1946 | 567 | #309 |
| 1945 | 493 | #308 |
| 1944 | 490 | #302 |
| 1943 | 448 | #332 |
| 1942 | 464 | #321 |
| 1941 | 441 | #310 |
| 1940 | 471 | #289 |
| 1939 | 420 | #298 |
| 1938 | 483 | #285 |
| 1937 | 350 | #334 |
| 1936 | 303 | #362 |
| 1935 | 301 | #363 |
| 1934 | 288 | #372 |
| 1933 | 240 | #414 |
| 1932 | 233 | #430 |
| 1931 | 198 | #459 |
| 1930 | 178 | #500 |
| 1929 | 152 | #556 |
| 1928 | 177 | #520 |
| 1927 | 142 | #594 |
| 1926 | 143 | #593 |
| 1925 | 144 | #605 |
| 1924 | 123 | #669 |
| 1923 | 149 | #593 |
| 1922 | 149 | #588 |
| 1921 | 144 | #603 |
| 1920 | 131 | #625 |
| 1919 | 128 | #619 |
| 1918 | 176 | #523 |
| 1917 | 246 | #402 |
| 1916 | 296 | #357 |
| 1915 | 288 | #351 |
| 1914 | 196 | #380 |
| 1913 | 158 | #384 |
| 1912 | 134 | #397 |
| 1911 | 80 | #459 |
| 1910 | 95 | #403 |
| 1909 | 66 | #463 |
| 1908 | 60 | #464 |
| 1907 | 47 | #521 |
| 1906 | 55 | #458 |
| 1905 | 42 | #528 |
| 1904 | 44 | #493 |
| 1903 | 39 | #514 |
| 1902 | 30 | #600 |
| 1901 | 41 | #467 |
| 1900 | 55 | #453 |
| 1899 | 37 | #480 |
| 1898 | 39 | #491 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 40 | #457 |
| 1895 | 35 | #493 |
| 1894 | 24 | #597 |
| 1893 | 32 | #473 |
| 1892 | 24 | #565 |
| 1891 | 34 | #430 |
| 1890 | 29 | #483 |
| 1889 | 22 | #543 |
| 1888 | 18 | #593 |
| 1887 | 16 | #560 |
| 1886 | 11 | #693 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
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