Gretel
2025 SSA
About Gretel
Gretel originated as a nickname for Margarete, the German form of Margaret. It’s a charming name, but most American parents prefer Greta, as Gretel is strongly tied to the fairy tale heroine.
The youngest von Trapp child from The Sound of Music used the Gretl spelling variation.
Pronounced GRET-ul.
As of October 2026, Gretel ranked #3269 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2588 in 2022.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,755 | 63 | 35.3 |
| 2015 | #4,097 | 36 | 20.2 |
| 2016 | #2,943 | 57 | 32.2 |
| 2017 | #3,720 | 41 | 23.7 |
| 2018 | #3,454 | 45 | 26.5 |
| 2019 | #3,739 | 40 | 23.8 |
| 2020 | #3,518 | 43 | 26.6 |
| 2021 | #3,263 | 49 | 29.9 |
| 2022 | #2,588 | 68 | 41.5 |
| 2023 | #3,238 | 50 | 31.2 |
| 2024 | #3,290 | 48 | 29.6 |
| 2025 | #3,269 | 48 | 29.9 |
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Gretel on lists
Famous Gretels
- Gretel
Ann Fischer, American baker, contestant on TV's "The Next Great Baker"
- Gretel Killeen
Australian TV presenter
- Margaret "Gretel" Bergmann
Lambert, Jewish German,American high jumper barred from the Olympics by the Nazis
- Gretel Ehrlich
American travel writer
- Gretel Scarlett
Australian actress
- Gretel Beer (born Margaret Weidenfeld)
Austrian,English cookbook writer and journalist
- Gretel Schiener
German Olympic gymnast
Gretel in pop culture
- "Hansel and Gretel
" famous fairy tale
- Gretel Hoess
character in the book "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"