Grethel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GRET-el
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Grethel is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Grethel mean?
Greek: form of Gretel, from Margaret
“pearl”
A form of Gretel, the German pet form of Margarethe, known from the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
Is Grethel a girl's or a boy's name?
Grethel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grethel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Grethel, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
2025 had fewer girls named Grethel than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Grethel in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grethel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,601 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
Names like Grethel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hazel Georgia Sophie Mabel Cleo Phoebe Emma Stella Grace Ruby Millie Elsie
Names related to Grethel
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Margot Luke Chloe Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Grethel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/grethel, updated 20 October 2026.