Gretta

Girl name

Gretta has been given to 4,139 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It peaked in 1966.

Meaning & origin

From Margaret. A rare variant of Greta.

Origin: Ancient Greek

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

4,139

Peak year

1966 (100 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1881

10-year trend

▼ -55%

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Gretta.

4,146 babies since 1940

4,127 babies since 1880

4,113 babies since 1910

4,169 babies since 1897

4,177 babies since 1942

4,186 babies since 1949

4,091 babies since 1916

4,089 babies since 1914

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