Gretta
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Gretta is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Gretta mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gretta a girl's or a boy's name?
Gretta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gretta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Gretta, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1966, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had fewer girls named Gretta than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Gretta in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 314 girls in the US were given Gretta or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #819, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
- Greta 291
- Gretta 23
Gretta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,975 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,665 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,859 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,347 |
| 1967 | 77 | #1,209 |
| 1966 | 100 | #1,042 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,347 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,689 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,851 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,732 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,870 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,023 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,647 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,834 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,735 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,601 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,558 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,449 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,349 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,378 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,099 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1934 | 44 | #1,047 |
| 1933 | 40 | #1,102 |
| 1932 | 46 | #1,043 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,289 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,281 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,337 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,017 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,649 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,234 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,258 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,137 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 13 | #963 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,213 |
| 1895 | 16 | #788 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
Names like Gretta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Georgia, Lena, Stella, Emma, Ella, Ada, Leona, Cora, Willa, Nina, Eva, Helena
Other spellings of Gretta
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Gretta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gretta, updated 20 October 2026.