Gretel is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2022 and remains in steady use.
Gretel is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,269 for girl births in the United States (and #5,773 across all names), given to 48 babies. Gretel was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 2022 (68 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | #3,269 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | #3,248 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | #3,242 |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | #2,589 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | #3,265 |
| 2020 | 43 | 43 | #3,519 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | #3,741 |
| 2018 | 45 | 45 | #3,455 |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2016 | 57 | 57 | #2,943 |
| 2015 | 36 | 36 | #4,097 |
| 2014 | 63 | 63 | #2,755 |
| 2013 | 46 | 46 | #3,421 |
| 2012 | 37 | 37 | #4,074 |
| 2011 | 37 | 37 | #4,025 |
| 2010 | 33 | 33 | #4,432 |
| 2009 | 25 | 25 | #5,602 |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | #6,898 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | #8,237 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #6,438 |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | #6,097 |
| 2004 | 20 | 20 | #6,055 |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 | #5,657 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #7,556 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | #5,252 |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #6,301 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | #9,775 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | #9,556 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #7,431 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | #8,373 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,025 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #6,818 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #12,314 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #10,868 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #10,667 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #9,566 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #10,072 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #7,317 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #11,935 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #7,989 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #5,778 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,453 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #5,570 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,536 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #5,363 |
| 1980 | 15 | — | #4,806 |
| 1979 | 20 | — | #3,810 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #7,912 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,139 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | #3,855 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #5,266 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #4,096 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #4,999 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #5,632 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #4,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #7,372 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #4,824 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,301 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,406 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #5,018 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #4,984 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #6,274 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,662 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #4,658 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,357 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #5,942 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,433 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #4,030 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | #3,449 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,064 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #4,749 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #4,641 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,593 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,618 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,216 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,920 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,619 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #2,997 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,029 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #3,025 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,510 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,484 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #3,283 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,480 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,917 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,605 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,826 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #5,009 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #3,151 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #5,172 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,323 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,616 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,481 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,583 |