How Many People Are Named Gretel?
An estimated 1,291 people in the United States have the first name Gretel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Gretel peaked in popularity in 2022 with 68 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gretel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Gretel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,291
About 1 in 265,495 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2022
68 births
Total Registered
1,465
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gretel
Gretel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,465 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Gretel as a female name
Ranked #3,290 in 2024
48 female births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (68 births)
Gretel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gretel span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 435 babies were registered. While Gretel is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Gretel by Decade
How has Gretel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Gretel by State
Birth registrations for Gretel span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Florida. The lowest are in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. On average, about 65 Gretels were registered per state.
Gretel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gretel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Gretel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gretel?
We estimate approximately 1,291 people named Gretel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 265,495 Americans share this first name.
Is Gretel a common name?
Gretel is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,465 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gretel most popular?
Gretel reached peak popularity in 2022, when 68 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gretel is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gretel a female name?
Gretel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gretel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gretel Smith, Gretel Johnson, Gretel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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