How popular is the name Greta?

Greta ranks 758th among girls' names in US records, with 27,501 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,080.

Is Greta a unisex name?

No. Greta is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1967, when 534 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#758 of girl names

Pronounced G R IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)

Greta is a girls' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 27,501 children — the 758th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1967, when 534 children were given it.

1967Girls: 534Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Greta?: Greta ranks 758th among girls' names in US records, with 27,501 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,080.
Is Greta a unisex name?: No. Greta is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Greta most popular?: 1967, when 534 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.