Feminine dossier · first seen 1915

Gretel

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2022

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1915Peak 20222024

Peak year

2022

Decline from peak

29.4%

2024

All-time

1,465

Gretel has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2022, when 68 girls were named Gretel.

In 2024, only 48 girls were given the name.

Down 29.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,465 Americans have been named Gretel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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