Gretha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gretha: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #122, and it was last ranked in 1969.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#122highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1969

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#122
1946	#172
1947	#158
1948	#195
1949	#168
1950	#239
1951	#217
1952	#243
1953	#212
1954	#196
1955	#268
1956	#280
1957	#272
1958	#224
1959	#252
1960	#220
1961	#397
1962	#296
1963	#302
1964	#464
1965	#375
1966	#349
1967	#549
1969	#444

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 24 of the 25 years from 1945 to 1969.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1969 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #122 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1969
Highest recorded position: #122 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1969).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1969
Most recently recorded at #444 among girls in Norway, in 1969.
Norway · Girls

Gretha 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 Gretha in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	142	5 of 10	28
1950s	139	10 of 10	14
1960s	76	9 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Gretha appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1969. Highest recorded position: #122 in Norway in 1945.

Gretha'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
1969	Norway	female	#444	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#549	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#349	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#375	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#464	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#302	11	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#296	10	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#397	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#220	17	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#252	13	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#224	15	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#272	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#280	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#196	19	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#212	17	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#243	13	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#217	16	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#239	13	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#168	24	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#195	19	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#158	31	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#172	26	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#122	42	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 1969, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #122, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Greta · #73, 76y
Grete · #18, 64y
Grethe · #13, 60y
Gretta · #331, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Hildur · #121, 27y
Borgny · #120, 27y
Othilie · #125, 28y
Paschal · #119, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Anne-Grethe · #122, 38y
Edgar · #122, 76y
Konrad · #122, 76y
Rakel · #122, 79y

Gretha was ranked #122 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Gretha 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 Gretha without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Gretha

Sandra Compare
In 1963 they stood at #302 and #351 in Norway · Girls; by 1964 that had become #464 and #168.
Sara Compare
In 1963 they stood at #302 and #439 in Norway · Girls; by 1964 that had become #464 and #205.
Paula Compare
In 1966 they stood at #349 and #380 in Norway · Girls; by 1967 that had become #549 and #295.
Susan Compare
In 1960 they stood at #220 and #261 in Norway · Girls; by 1961 that had become #397 and #172.

Moved the opposite way to Gretha

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 while Anita went from #162 to #6.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 while Ann went from #82 to #14.
Bente Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 while Bente went from #66 to #11.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 while Cecilie went from #359 to #60.

Moved the same way as Gretha

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 and Ada from #229 to #400.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 and Anna from #38 to #66.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 and Annie from #180 to #436.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1969 in Norway · Girls, Gretha went from #122 to #444 and Åse from #25 to #70.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1969. Highest recorded position: #122 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gretha

Gretha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gretha by decade in Norway · Girls

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Gretha at a glance

Gretha by decade in Norway · Girls

Gretha 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 Gretha

Gretha and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Gretha

Moved the opposite way to Gretha

Moved the same way as Gretha