Greta Girl
How popular is Greta?
#908 girl name in 2025
291 baby girls were named Greta in the US in 2025, making it the 908th most popular girl name.
Greta popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #908 for girls (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 291 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #575 in 2015, #739 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1967 (534 girls) |
| Highest rank | #317 in 1932 |
| First recorded | 1885 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Greta counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Greta family of names ranked #789 for girls in 2025 (#756 the year before), with 314 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Greta | 291 | 93% |
| Gretta | 23 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Greta is most popular
Babies named Greta per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 1.9 per 1,000 (209 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.4 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.9 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Utah: 0.8 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (57 girls)
Greta by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #641 |
| 1890s | 190 | #555 |
| 1900s | 271 | #564 |
| 1910s | 741 | #567 |
| 1920s | 1,168 | #397 |
| 1930s | 2,879 | #317 |
| 1940s | 1,266 | #568 |
| 1950s | 2,309 | #521 |
| 1960s | 3,462 | #394 |
| 1970s | 2,210 | #544 |
| 1980s | 1,416 | #779 |
| 1990s | 1,445 | #853 |
| 2000s | 3,755 | #675 |
| 2010s | 4,712 | #575 |
| 2020s | 1,918 | #739 |
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Questions
- Is Greta a boy or girl name?
- Greta is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Greta were girls.
- How popular is the name Greta?
- 291 baby girls were named Greta in the US in 2025, making it the 908th most popular girl name.
- When was Greta most popular?
- Greta peaked in 1967, when 534 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #317 in 1932.
- How many people are named Greta?
- 27,791 babies have been named Greta in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,801 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Greta most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Greta was most common in Minnesota, at 1.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.