Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Gretchen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gretchen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.8% from peak

Peak era

1973

Peak rank proxy

1,350

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1882Peak 19732024

Peak year

1973

Decline from peak

96.8%

2024

All-time

53,768

Gretchen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1973, when 1,350 girls were named Gretchen.

In 2024, only 43 girls were given the name.

Down 96.8% from its peak.

All told, about 53,768 Americans have been named Gretchen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.8% from peak

19731,350 girls named Gretchen

202443 girls named Gretchen

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