Is Gretel a boy or girl name?

Gretel is a girl’s name. Of the 1,514 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Gretel

Recorded 1915–2025 · United States

Gretel was most popular in 2022, when 68 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,591 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,745, with 48 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,514 people named Gretel.

Gretel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Gretel’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Gretel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Gretel is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,514 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Gretel

Where Gretel is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org