Greta
#864 most common girls' name of all time · #1,561 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1885–2025
Rank among girls
#864
Rank overall
#1,561 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
141 of 146
All-time
27,791
Since 2016
3,838
Peak year
1967 #394
Best rank
#318 1932
Girls
Boys
peak 534/yr
Greta first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 291 | — | 291 | #909 |
| 2024 | 314 | — | 314 | #861 |
| 2023 | 283 | — | 283 | #937 |
| 2022 | 324 | — | 324 | #860 |
| 2021 | 336 | — | 336 | #826 |
| 2020 | 370 | — | 370 | #740 |
| 2019 | 462 | — | 462 | #637 |
| 2018 | 519 | — | 519 | #589 |
| 2017 | 466 | — | 466 | #633 |
| 2016 | 473 | — | 473 | #633 |
| 2015 | 533 | — | 533 | #575 |
| 2014 | 494 | — | 494 | #597 |
| 2013 | 479 | — | 479 | #595 |
| 2012 | 444 | — | 444 | #642 |
| 2011 | 411 | — | 411 | #684 |
| 2010 | 431 | — | 431 | #672 |
| 2009 | 417 | — | 417 | #696 |
| 2008 | 434 | — | 434 | #696 |
| 2007 | 434 | — | 434 | #675 |
| 2006 | 411 | — | 411 | #687 |
| 2005 | 405 | — | 405 | #685 |
| 2004 | 379 | — | 379 | #707 |
| 2003 | 376 | — | 376 | #695 |
| 2002 | 319 | — | 319 | #757 |
| 2001 | 279 | — | 279 | #830 |
| 2000 | 301 | — | 301 | #758 |
| 1999 | 253 | — | 253 | #854 |
| 1998 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,070 |
| 1997 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,153 |
| 1996 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,141 |
| 1995 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,273 |
| 1994 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,402 |
| 1993 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,473 |
| 1992 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,384 |
| 1991 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,444 |
| 1990 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,469 |
| 1989 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,367 |
| 1988 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,261 |
| 1987 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,229 |
| 1986 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,211 |
| 1985 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,242 |
| 1984 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,032 |
| 1983 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,045 |
| 1982 | 167 | — | 167 | #905 |
| 1981 | 210 | — | 210 | #779 |
| 1980 | 199 | — | 199 | #810 |
| 1979 | 205 | — | 205 | #778 |
| 1978 | 153 | — | 153 | #927 |
| 1977 | 147 | — | 147 | #945 |
| 1976 | 178 | — | 178 | #793 |
| 1975 | 194 | — | 194 | #742 |
| 1974 | 231 | — | 231 | #660 |
| 1973 | 231 | — | 231 | #648 |
| 1972 | 223 | — | 223 | #670 |
| 1971 | 304 | — | 304 | #576 |
| 1970 | 344 | — | 344 | #544 |
| 1969 | 348 | — | 348 | #526 |
| 1968 | 421 | — | 421 | #467 |
| 1967 | 534 | — | 534 | #394 |
| 1966 | 433 | — | 433 | #451 |
| 1965 | 255 | — | 255 | #608 |
| 1964 | 226 | — | 226 | #681 |
| 1963 | 287 | — | 287 | #584 |
| 1962 | 275 | — | 275 | #604 |
| 1961 | 362 | — | 362 | #513 |
| 1960 | 321 | — | 321 | #540 |
| 1959 | 347 | — | 347 | #521 |
| 1958 | 295 | — | 295 | #573 |
| 1957 | 276 | — | 276 | #581 |
| 1956 | 255 | — | 255 | #592 |
| 1955 | 236 | — | 236 | #602 |
| 1954 | 194 | — | 194 | #667 |
| 1953 | 191 | — | 191 | #647 |
| 1952 | 178 | — | 178 | #666 |
| 1951 | 194 | — | 194 | #616 |
| 1950 | 143 | — | 143 | #718 |
| 1949 | 122 | — | 122 | #783 |
| 1948 | 158 | — | 158 | #666 |
| 1947 | 138 | — | 138 | #729 |
| 1946 | 107 | — | 107 | #799 |
| 1945 | 95 | — | 95 | #771 |
| 1944 | 95 | — | 95 | #785 |
| 1943 | 140 | — | 140 | #644 |
| 1942 | 135 | — | 135 | #644 |
| 1941 | 127 | — | 127 | #629 |
| 1940 | 149 | — | 149 | #569 |
| 1939 | 159 | — | 159 | #528 |
| 1938 | 212 | — | 212 | #463 |
| 1937 | 217 | — | 217 | #447 |
| 1936 | 235 | — | 235 | #422 |
| 1935 | 271 | — | 271 | #388 |
| 1934 | 319 | 5 | 324 | #354 |
| 1933 | 338 | — | 338 | #337 |
| 1932 | 400 | — | 400 | #318 |
| 1931 | 383 | — | 383 | #326 |
| 1930 | 345 | — | 345 | #360 |
| 1929 | 283 | — | 283 | #397 |
| 1928 | 235 | — | 235 | #443 |
| 1927 | 146 | — | 146 | #586 |
| 1926 | 107 | — | 107 | #701 |
| 1925 | 67 | — | 67 | #907 |
| 1924 | 76 | — | 76 | #863 |
| 1923 | 71 | — | 71 | #878 |
| 1922 | 61 | — | 61 | #959 |
| 1921 | 60 | — | 60 | #958 |
| 1920 | 62 | — | 62 | #927 |
| 1919 | 75 | — | 75 | #813 |
| 1918 | 84 | — | 84 | #784 |
| 1917 | 94 | — | 94 | #718 |
| 1916 | 111 | — | 111 | #646 |
| 1915 | 103 | — | 103 | #654 |
| 1914 | 83 | — | 83 | #636 |
| 1913 | 52 | — | 52 | #733 |
| 1912 | 72 | — | 72 | #570 |
| 1911 | 39 | — | 39 | #700 |
| 1910 | 28 | — | 28 | #827 |
| 1909 | 25 | — | 25 | #821 |
| 1908 | 33 | — | 33 | #677 |
| 1907 | 26 | — | 26 | #746 |
| 1906 | 32 | — | 32 | #640 |
| 1905 | 38 | — | 38 | #569 |
| 1904 | 21 | — | 21 | #800 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | 19 | #808 |
| 1902 | 25 | — | 25 | #687 |
| 1901 | 20 | — | 20 | #741 |
| 1900 | 32 | — | 32 | #633 |
| 1899 | 23 | — | 23 | #661 |
| 1898 | 33 | — | 33 | #570 |
| 1897 | 23 | — | 23 | #659 |
| 1896 | 20 | — | 20 | #723 |
| 1895 | 20 | — | 20 | #722 |
| 1894 | 21 | — | 21 | #661 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | 13 | #863 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | 15 | #792 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,071 |
| 1890 | 14 | — | 14 | #757 |
| 1889 | 16 | — | 16 | #656 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | 9 | #948 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | 8 | #928 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,228 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,029 |