# Greta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/greta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,791 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 27,786 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,303, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 411 | 684 |
| 2012 | 444 | 642 |
| 2013 | 479 | 594 |
| 2014 | 494 | 597 |
| 2015 | 533 | 575 |
| 2016 | 473 | 633 |
| 2017 | 466 | 634 |
| 2018 | 519 | 589 |
| 2019 | 462 | 637 |
| 2020 | 370 | 740 |
| 2021 | 336 | 827 |
| 2022 | 324 | 859 |
| 2023 | 283 | 938 |
| 2024 | 314 | 862 |
| 2025 | 291 | 908 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 5 | 3,893 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 67 | 603 |
| 2012 | 64 | 647 |
| 2013 | 57 | 699 |
| 2014 | 79 | 535 |
| 2015 | 72 | 585 |
| 2016 | 83 | 516 |
| 2017 | 61 | 673 |
| 2018 | 74 | 560 |
| 2019 | 76 | 532 |
| 2020 | 41 | 872 |
| 2021 | 35 | 983 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 32 | 1,056 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## People named Greta

- Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker (born 1983)
- Greta Lee, American actress (born 1983)
- Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer
- Greta Schröder, German actress (1891–1967)
- Greta Nissen, actress (1906 – 1988)
- Greta Van Susteren, American commentator, television personality, and lawyer
- Greta Fernández, Catalan actress
- Greta Keller, American singer (1903-1977)
- Greta Small, Australian alpine ski racer
- Greta Granstedt, actress (1907-1987)
- Greta Bösel, German nurse, camp guard at concentration camp Ravensbrück (1908-1947)
- Greta Kline, American musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.