Greta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Greta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Greta: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #73, and it stood at #373 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
123times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#73highest recorded position
25groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1176
1998	#1076
1999	#1060
2000	#1195
2001	#1107
2002	#938
2003	#818
2004	#1072
2005	#634
2006	#678
2007	#774
2008	#699
2009	#679
2010	#586
2011	#603
2012	#647
2013	#699
2014	#535
2015	#585
2016	#516
2017	#673
2018	#560
2019	#532
2020	#872
2021	#983
2022	#1245
2023	#1056
2024	#1302

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 67 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #1302 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #79 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #73 among girls in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #373 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Greta appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 67 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 1,411 births with the name.

Greta across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Greta's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#79 (1945)	#73 (1946)	#373 (2025)	67 of 81	1,411 (1945–2025)	91 (1946)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#490 (1974)	#378 (2015)	#736 (2024)	25 of 51	156 (1974–2024)	12 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#516 (2016)	#1302 (2024)	29 of 29	1,283 (1996–2024)	83 (2016)

Greta by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Greta in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	370	5 of 10	74
1950s	449	10 of 10	45
1960s	197	10 of 10	20
1970s	41	8 of 10	5
1980s	43	6 of 10	7
1990s	172	10 of 10	17
2000s	78	10 of 10	8
2010s	45	6 of 10	8
2020s	16	2 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 74 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Greta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Norway in 1946.

Greta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1056	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#983	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#872	41	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#532	76	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#560	74	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#673	61	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#516	83	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#585	72	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#535	79	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#699	57	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#647	64	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#603	67	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#586	67	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#679	54	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#699	51	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#678	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#634	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1072	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#818	32	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1076	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#373	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#376	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#515	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#453	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#530	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#440	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#397	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#407	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#434	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#482	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#490	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#409	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#414	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#352	11	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#279	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#263	16	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#295	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#275	16	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#228	23	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#289	16	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#287	16	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#206	30	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#317	16	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#421	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#486	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#509	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#549	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#484	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#570	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#627	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#613	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#547	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#550	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#546	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#531	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#478	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#444	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#269	15	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#273	15	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#450	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#311	11	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#212	19	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#221	18	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#139	33	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#176	22	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#175	23	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#129	35	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#128	35	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#121	40	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#131	33	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#107	49	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#107	47	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#113	44	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#112	46	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#98	54	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#116	43	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#99	58	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#88	68	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#90	66	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#90	69	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#73	91	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#79	76	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#427	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 76 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #73, first reached in 1946.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1974, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gregor · #277, 27y
Gregory · #7, 74y
Grete · #18, 64y
Gretha · #122, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Vivienne · #73, 72y
Dan · #75, 81y
Fatima · #76, 80y
Gina · #76, 71y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Åshild · #73, 79y
Magnar · #73, 68y
Victor · #73, 80y
Amund · #74, 81y

Greta was ranked #73 in Norway · Girls in 1946. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Greta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Greta without appearing here.

Greta moved ahead of

Anita Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1056 and #2063.
Yvonne Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1195 and #1095 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1107 and #2023.
Tracey Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1072 and #1072 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #634 and #1500.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1245 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1056 and #1774.

Moved ahead of Greta

Caitlin Compare
In 1996 they stood at #446 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #576 and #98.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #532 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #872 and #460.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #603 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #647 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #603 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #647 and #294.

Moved the opposite way to Greta

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 while Ada went from #229 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 while Alma went from #293 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 while Elise went from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 while Ella went from #137 to #4.

Moved the same way as Greta

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 and Anita from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 and Anne from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 and Åse from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Greta went from #79 to #373 and Aud from #13 to #427.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Greta

Greta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Greta across 3 official records

Greta by decade in Norway · Girls

Greta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Greta

Greta and the names beside it

Greta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Greta

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Moved the same way as Greta

Greta at a glance

Greta across 3 official records

Greta by decade in Norway · Girls

Greta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Greta

Greta and the names beside it

Greta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Greta

Moved the opposite way to Greta

Moved the same way as Greta