Greta

What Greta means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Greta yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #575 in 2015 to #908 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Greta?

US: Falling: down from #575 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #585 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1932, when 400 girls got the name (#317 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 5,523 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,664 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (1.86 per 1,000 girls), WI (0.79 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Greta is #908 in the US and #1512 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Greta were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Gretta23 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Greta

Girls

• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Ariana#128Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #46 in 2015, #128 in 2025
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*

For a brother

• Zander#396Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Pierce#505Form of Peter, meaning “stone, rock”^*
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Solomon#422“peace”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Greta’s. Rank is US 2025.