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Gretchen

Pronounced /ˈɡɹɛt͡ʃən/

Rank in 2024
#3,602
Born in 2024
43
Peak year
1973 · #191
Origin
German

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 43 girls were named Gretchen, about 1 in every 37,516.
  • It peaked in 1973 with 1,350 babies, ranked #191.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1882.
  • 53,768 girls have been named Gretchen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Gretchen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.7
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,346 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 6,130 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,397 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Gen X: 17,546 babies, 0.69 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,976 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,604 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,299 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name from German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
Origin
German
Say it
/ˈɡɹɛt͡ʃən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Gretchen, CC BY-SA 4.0.