Gretel
Gretel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 202268 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,465people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,465 girls have been named Gretel in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 68 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 30%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gretel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1920s | 31 | |
| 1930s | 69 | |
| 1940s | 25 | |
| 1950s | 51 | |
| 1960s | 87 | |
| 1970s | 114 | |
| 1980s | 99 | |
| 1990s | 90 | |
| 2000s | 193 | |
| 2010s | 435 | |
| 2020s | 258 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Gretel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Gretel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Josephinapeak 2023
- Elenapeak 2024
- Lovelypeak 2023
- Jenevievepeak 2023
- Laelpeak 2015
- Violetapeak 2023
- Philippapeak 2022
- Cristelpeak 2011
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.