Gretta

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gretta: Recorded since 1965, it reached #331 in 1973, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#331highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2015	#5730

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 Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 54 years from 1965 to 2018.

In 2008: #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5545 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2018
Highest recorded position: #331 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1965–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gretta appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 84 births with the name.

Gretta across 2 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.

Gretta'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#385 (1965)	#331 (1973)	#896 (2018)	18 of 54	84 (1965–2018)	8 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#5545 (2008)	#5545 (2008)	#5730 (2015)	2 of 8	6 (2008–2015)	3 (2008)

Gretta by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Gretta in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970sbusiest	43	8 of 10	5
1980s	22	4 of 10	6
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Gretta 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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #331 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Gretta'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
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2018, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #331, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 43 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.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#896position in 2018, its most recent recorded year
43 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
8births registered in its largest year, 1973Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Meah · #330, 19y
Agastya · #329, 19y
Bernardo · #329, 21y
Elsie-Mae · #333, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Beverly · #331, 31y
Desiree · #331, 53y
Roseann · #329, 28y
Andris · #328, 25y

Gretta was ranked #331 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1973. 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.

Gretta 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 Gretta without appearing here.

Gretta moved ahead of

Karin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #352 and #312 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #331 and #449.
Jude Compare
In 1976 they stood at #428 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #429 and #468.

Moved ahead of Gretta

Sadie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #423 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #194.
Chelsea Compare
In 1990 they stood at #446 and #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #515 and #284.
Leanne Compare
In 1978 they stood at #429 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #363 and #170.
Hayley Compare
In 1988 they stood at #425 and #467 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1989 that had become #353 and #164.

Moved the opposite way to Gretta

Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 while Alexandra went from #227 to #113.
Alice Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 while Alice went from #60 to #33.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 while Amelia went from #325 to #5.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 while Amy went from #262 to #62.

Moved the same way as Gretta

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 and Alma from #262 to #512.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 and Amanda from #129 to #436.
Angela Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 and Angela from #21 to #361.
Ann Compare
Between 1965 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gretta went from #385 to #896 and Ann from #5 to #319.

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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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #331 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gretta

Gretta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gretta across 2 official records

Gretta by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gretta appears in

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Gretta at a glance

Gretta across 2 official records

Gretta by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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