Gretel
Rank in 2025
#3,249
recorded as girls
Down 24 since 2024
Babies in 2025
48
girls 48
Peak year
2022
68 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,514
since 1915
Born a Gretel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Gretel was most popular in 2022, when 68 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.04 per 1,000). In 2025, 48 babies were named Gretel, ranking #3249 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 3,249 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 49 | 3,225 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 50 | 3,225 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,579 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,250 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,498 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,718 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,438 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,697 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,934 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 36 | 4,069 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,739 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,404 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 37 | 4,047 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 37 | 3,999 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 33 | 4,397 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 25 | 5,537 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 19 | 6,799 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 15 | 8,098 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | 6,356 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 5,999 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 20 | 5,969 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 21 | 5,586 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 7,444 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 22 | 5,174 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,208 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9,479 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,260 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 12 | 7,283 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | 8,132 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,766 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,672 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 11,780 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,479 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,271 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,247 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 9,681 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,111 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,325 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | 7,749 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 12 | 5,678 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | 6,291 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | 5,457 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,224 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 13 | 5,254 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 15 | 4,743 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 20 | 3,777 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 7,649 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 9,652 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 17 | 3,812 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 11 | 5,161 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 15 | 4,041 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 11 | 4,871 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 5,480 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 13 | 4,311 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,070 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 10 | 4,723 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | 4,222 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 4,866 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 8 | 4,831 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | 6,009 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | 4,539 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | 4,533 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 10 | 4,239 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | 5,696 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,103 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 10 | 3,930 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 12 | 3,377 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | 5,753 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 7 | 4,595 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 7 | 4,483 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | 5,301 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5,295 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | 4,960 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 10 | 2,846 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | 4,349 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 9 | 2,922 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,847 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 9 | 2,940 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | 3,376 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,204 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 8 | 3,159 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | 4,218 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,831 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,331 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,550 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,725 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 10 | 3,053 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,851 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | 5,009 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,398 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | 4,251 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | 3,434 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.