# Gretta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gretta/  
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 | 4,139 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,139 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Margaret. A rare variant of Greta.

## 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 | 42 | 3,685 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,946 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,737 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,450 |
| 2015 | 51 | 3,231 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2,716 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,214 |
| 2018 | 47 | 3,361 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,108 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,296 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,547 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,787 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,497 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,416 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,466 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## 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.