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Greta
Rank in 2024
#858
Born in 2024
314
Peak year
1967 · #394
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 314 girls were named Greta, about 1 in every 5,138.
- It peaked in 1967 with 534 babies, ranked #394.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 27,496 girls have been named Greta since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Greta per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,630 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 4,138 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,305 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,400 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,067 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,637 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,053 babies, 0.25 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta. ==== Proper noun ==== Greta A female given name from Ancient Greek. ===== Derived terms =====
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Greta, CC BY-SA 4.0.