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Gretta

100% girls · 23 born in 2025

Gretta has been given to about 4,139 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1966, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 3,041
Median age today45 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Gretta per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1966 · 100
  • Born in 202523
  • All time4,139

How popular is Gretta?

Its best year was 1966, when 100 babies were given the name, ranking 1043rd. The typical living American called Gretta is about 45 years old today.

Names that sound like Gretta

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Greta0.97
  2. Reta0.82
  3. Loretta0.71
  4. Etta0.71
  5. Leta0.68
  6. Meta0.68
  7. Cleta0.68
  8. Annetta0.64

Middle names for Gretta

Ranked by flow score
  1. Gretta Josephine0.84
  2. Gretta Rose0.83
  3. Gretta Louise0.83
  4. Gretta June0.82
  5. Gretta Pearl0.82
  6. Gretta Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Gretta

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Barronbrother · 0.87
  2. Santosbrother · 0.86
  3. Aureliobrother · 0.85
  4. Merritteither · 0.84
  5. Augustineeither · 0.83
  6. Louisasister · 0.82

Where Gretta is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Gretta White0.78
    2. Gretta Reyes0.78
    3. Gretta Nguyen0.78
    4. Gretta Moore0.78
    5. Gretta Lee0.78
    6. Gretta Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Gretta

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.