Gretchen in California
Babies in California
3,746
since 1913
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
Peak year in California
1971
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Gretchen in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 2,870 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,410 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,429 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,135 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,152 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,170 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,467 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,036 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,752 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 12 | 1,961 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,735 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 14 | 1,833 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 20 | 1,455 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 2,019 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 1,477 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 13 | 1,798 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 12 | 1,872 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 1,251 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 18 | 1,399 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 1,378 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 18 | 1,331 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 13 | 1,627 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 15 | 1,482 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 18 | 1,311 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 30 | 943 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 23 | 1,156 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | 1,434 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 18 | 1,376 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 25 | 1,113 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 15 | 1,541 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 35 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 33 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 27 | 879 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 32 | 765 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 33 | 737 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 22 | 933 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 38 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 43 | 595 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 48 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 60 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 52 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 48 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 68 | 382 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 76 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 76 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 89 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 92 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 88 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 122 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 97 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 83 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 71 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 93 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 83 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 83 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 108 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 98 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 102 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 135 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 101 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 66 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 57 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 46 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 64 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 51 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 46 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 46 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 61 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 62 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 40 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 48 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 53 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 37 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 36 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 45 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 37 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 39 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 30 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 22 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 28 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 34 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 27 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 22 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 28 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 21 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 15 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 14 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 14 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 5 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | 609 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | 619 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 8 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 7 | 249 | <5 | — |