Gretel
#5,354 most common girls' name of all time · #9,072 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among girls
#5,354
Rank overall
#9,072 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
1,514
Since 2016
490
Peak year
2022 #2,589
Best rank
#2,589 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 68/yr
Gretel first appears in 1915. 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 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,261 |
| 2024 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,238 |
| 2023 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,234 |
| 2022 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,589 |
| 2021 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,265 |
| 2020 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,507 |
| 2019 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,732 |
| 2018 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,454 |
| 2017 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,710 |
| 2016 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,937 |
| 2015 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,747 |
| 2013 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2012 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,055 |
| 2011 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,010 |
| 2010 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,413 |
| 2009 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,560 |
| 2008 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,829 |
| 2007 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,142 |
| 2006 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,386 |
| 2005 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,025 |
| 2004 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,004 |
| 2003 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,620 |
| 2002 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,491 |
| 2001 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,207 |
| 2000 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,250 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,573 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,350 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,338 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,219 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,863 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,742 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,926 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,602 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,408 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,363 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,807 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,188 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,531 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,860 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,742 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,381 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,529 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,376 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,322 |
| 1980 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,795 |
| 1979 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,802 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,784 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,895 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,857 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,241 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,094 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,960 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,593 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,355 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,252 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,808 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,292 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,396 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,995 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,954 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,212 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,656 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,637 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,342 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,373 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,037 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,473 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,010 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,754 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,651 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,582 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,571 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,238 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,963 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,685 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,055 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,103 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,081 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,592 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,549 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,353 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,546 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,993 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,694 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,895 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,077 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,230 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,228 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,366 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,735 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,600 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,750 |