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.

Gretta

#2,786 most common girls' name of all time · #4,767 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#2,786
Rank overall
#4,767 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
4,139
Since 2016
401
Peak year
1966 #1,044
Best rank
#807 1895
Girls Boys peak 100/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gretta first appears in 1881. 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 23 — 23 #5,419
2024 32 — 32 #4,394
2023 31 — 31 #4,458
2022 40 — 40 #3,767
2021 30 — 30 #4,513
2020 32 — 32 #4,269
2019 52 — 52 #3,086
2018 47 — 47 #3,349
2017 50 — 50 #3,196
2016 64 — 64 #2,702
2015 51 — 51 #3,216
2014 46 — 46 #3,427
2013 63 — 63 #2,730
2012 58 — 58 #2,937
2011 42 — 42 #3,662
2010 70 — 70 #2,592
2009 46 — 46 #3,515
2008 38 — 38 #4,098
2007 49 — 49 #3,377
2006 35 — 35 #4,169
2005 57 — 57 #2,869
2004 45 — 45 #3,335
2003 39 — 39 #3,593
2002 29 — 29 #4,290
2001 44 — 44 #3,148
2000 41 — 41 #3,274
1999 38 — 38 #3,320
1998 23 — 23 #4,648
1997 26 — 26 #4,128
1996 25 — 25 #4,192
1995 26 — 26 #3,974
1994 26 — 26 #4,023
1993 19 — 19 #5,009
1992 23 — 23 #4,389
1991 12 — 12 #6,994
1990 16 — 16 #5,562
1989 17 — 17 #5,067
1988 15 — 15 #5,341
1987 8 — 8 #8,016
1986 16 — 16 #4,741
1985 13 — 13 #5,370
1984 15 — 15 #4,761
1983 21 — 21 #3,701
1982 28 — 28 #3,102
1981 31 — 31 #2,859
1980 29 — 29 #3,011
1979 19 — 19 #3,914
1978 21 — 21 #3,521
1977 28 — 28 #2,844
1976 23 — 23 #3,111
1975 34 — 34 #2,363
1974 40 — 40 #2,075
1973 29 — 29 #2,511
1972 41 — 41 #1,979
1971 55 — 55 #1,668
1970 47 — 47 #1,861
1969 49 — 49 #1,732
1968 68 — 68 #1,353
1967 77 — 77 #1,211
1966 100 — 100 #1,044
1965 27 — 27 #2,300
1964 27 — 27 #2,358
1963 24 — 24 #2,494
1962 45 — 45 #1,693
1961 21 — 21 #2,680
1960 53 — 53 #1,527
1959 36 — 36 #1,858
1958 39 — 39 #1,739
1957 37 — 37 #1,789
1956 33 — 33 #1,877
1955 28 — 28 #2,030
1954 38 — 38 #1,653
1953 24 — 24 #2,131
1952 27 — 27 #1,941
1951 25 — 25 #1,975
1950 27 — 27 #1,848
1949 30 — 30 #1,744
1948 25 — 25 #1,916
1947 35 — 35 #1,610
1946 32 — 32 #1,561
1945 31 — 31 #1,456
1944 41 — 41 #1,240
1943 22 — 22 #1,843
1942 36 — 36 #1,352
1941 28 — 28 #1,476
1940 35 — 35 #1,248
1939 29 — 29 #1,380
1938 41 — 41 #1,128
1937 42 — 42 #1,106
1936 35 — 35 #1,211
1935 42 — 42 #1,079
1934 44 — 44 #1,053
1933 40 — 40 #1,108
1932 46 — 46 #1,046
1931 36 — 36 #1,211
1930 34 — 34 #1,297
1929 34 — 34 #1,290
1928 33 — 33 #1,347
1927 30 — 30 #1,497
1926 24 — 24 #1,735
1925 19 — 19 #2,039
1924 23 — 23 #1,830
1923 29 — 29 #1,527
1922 28 — 28 #1,586
1921 15 — 15 #2,403
1920 25 — 25 #1,675
1919 24 — 24 #1,662
1918 37 — 37 #1,236
1917 18 — 18 #1,938
1916 25 — 25 #1,498
1915 31 — 31 #1,264
1914 16 — 16 #1,682
1913 15 — 15 #1,548
1912 12 — 12 #1,646
1911 18 — 18 #1,047
1910 10 — 10 #1,552
1909 11 — 11 #1,315
1908 12 — 12 #1,215
1907 10 — 10 #1,307
1906 14 — 14 #1,019
1905 13 — 13 #1,072
1904 11 — 11 #1,123
1903 10 — 10 #1,159
1902 10 — 10 #1,162
1901 7 — 7 #1,370
1900 12 — 12 #1,133
1899 6 — 6 #1,438
1898 13 — 13 #987
1897 7 — 7 #1,299
1896 8 — 8 #1,241
1895 16 — 16 #807
1894 10 — 10 #1,030
1893 10 — 10 #989
1892 9 — 9 #1,041
1891 8 — 8 #1,050
1890 11 — 11 #852
1889 9 — 9 #931
1888 6 — 6 #1,181
1887 7 — 7 #986
1886 6 — 6 #1,041
1885 5 — 5 #1,101
1881 5 — 5 #905