Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gretchen

#564 most common girls' name of all time · #1,053 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#564
Rank overall
#1,053 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
53,837
Since 2016
778
Peak year
1973 #191
Best rank
#191 1973
Girls Boys peak 1,351/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gretchen first appears in 1882. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 — 33 #4,270
2024 45 — 45 #3,465
2023 65 — 65 #2,678
2022 52 — 52 #3,127
2021 61 — 61 #2,784
2020 65 — 65 #2,601
2019 71 — 71 #2,484
2018 96 — 96 #2,028
2017 120 — 120 #1,752
2016 170 — 170 #1,381
2015 162 — 162 #1,425
2014 191 — 191 #1,263
2013 203 — 203 #1,184
2012 203 — 203 #1,206
2011 234 — 234 #1,056
2010 226 — 226 #1,101
2009 265 — 265 #998
2008 283 — 283 #953
2007 316 — 316 #883
2006 355 — 355 #778
2005 349 — 349 #762
2004 275 — 275 #886
2003 316 — 316 #782
2002 285 — 285 #814
2001 313 — 313 #764
2000 310 — 310 #743
1999 301 — 301 #745
1998 290 — 290 #747
1997 283 — 283 #752
1996 290 — 290 #722
1995 283 — 283 #722
1994 281 — 281 #738
1993 320 — 320 #682
1992 317 — 317 #684
1991 377 — 377 #596
1990 356 — 356 #628
1989 430 — 430 #534
1988 344 — 344 #588
1987 359 — 359 #559
1986 405 — 405 #512
1985 451 — 451 #470
1984 524 — 524 #404
1983 596 — 596 #375
1982 747 — 747 #325
1981 895 — 895 #276
1980 917 6 923 #271
1979 930 — 930 #262
1978 947 — 947 #252
1977 1,044 — 1,044 #238
1976 1,223 — 1,223 #198
1975 1,175 9 1,184 #209
1974 1,278 8 1,286 #199
1973 1,351 — 1,351 #191
1972 1,261 — 1,261 #222
1971 1,347 — 1,347 #224
1970 1,244 5 1,249 #251
1969 1,106 — 1,106 #263
1968 887 — 887 #294
1967 968 — 968 #271
1966 960 — 960 #269
1965 906 — 906 #295
1964 974 — 974 #294
1963 962 — 962 #299
1962 1,001 — 1,001 #289
1961 1,044 — 1,044 #285
1960 937 — 937 #306
1959 812 5 817 #333
1958 687 — 687 #350
1957 565 5 570 #381
1956 567 — 567 #369
1955 575 — 575 #367
1954 563 — 563 #367
1953 578 — 578 #351
1952 583 — 583 #343
1951 618 — 618 #318
1950 545 — 545 #329
1949 608 — 608 #316
1948 640 — 640 #303
1947 570 — 570 #332
1946 567 — 567 #309
1945 493 — 493 #308
1944 490 — 490 #303
1943 448 — 448 #333
1942 464 — 464 #321
1941 441 — 441 #310
1940 471 — 471 #289
1939 420 — 420 #298
1938 483 — 483 #285
1937 350 — 350 #335
1936 303 — 303 #363
1935 301 — 301 #366
1934 288 — 288 #372
1933 240 — 240 #414
1932 233 — 233 #430
1931 198 — 198 #459
1930 178 — 178 #502
1929 152 — 152 #556
1928 177 — 177 #521
1927 142 — 142 #596
1926 143 — 143 #596
1925 144 — 144 #607
1924 123 — 123 #671
1923 149 — 149 #594
1922 149 — 149 #590
1921 144 — 144 #606
1920 131 — 131 #626
1919 128 — 128 #619
1918 176 — 176 #525
1917 246 — 246 #403
1916 296 — 296 #358
1915 288 — 288 #351
1914 196 — 196 #380
1913 158 — 158 #385
1912 134 — 134 #400
1911 80 — 80 #460
1910 95 — 95 #405
1909 66 — 66 #465
1908 60 — 60 #467
1907 47 — 47 #525
1906 55 — 55 #462
1905 42 — 42 #533
1904 44 — 44 #498
1903 39 — 39 #520
1902 30 — 30 #608
1901 41 — 41 #473
1900 55 — 55 #456
1899 37 — 37 #485
1898 39 — 39 #501
1897 26 — 26 #612
1896 40 — 40 #461
1895 35 — 35 #497
1894 24 — 24 #606
1893 32 — 32 #485
1892 24 — 24 #575
1891 34 — 34 #439
1890 29 — 29 #490
1889 22 — 22 #554
1888 18 — 18 #610
1887 16 — 16 #585
1886 11 — 11 #724
1885 5 — 5 #1,107
1884 6 — 6 #985
1883 7 — 7 #804
1882 10 — 10 #631