Greta

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

The name Greta is derived from the name Margareta, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl".

From Wikipedia

Greta first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 50 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1954 with 44 babies (rank #280 that year). It was not in the 2017 data.

Numerology of Greta

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Greta yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

803
Total babies (all years)
50
Years in the data
44
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195237#314
195336#328
195444#280
195531#354
195641#305
195733#354
195828#386
195922#469
196040#325
196121#495
196232#396
196328#430
196438#376
196529#427
196628#442
196725#477
196826#468
196927#468
197019#563
197131#411
197212#655
197312#630
197416#531
197510#671
19764#987
197715#538
19786#843
19796#875
19806#892
198110#710
19825#973
19834#1,068
198410#713
19854#1,101
19865#1,024
19875#1,037
19887#898
19893#1,277
19903#1,282
19918#882
19925#1,093
19935#1,079
19944#1,176
19953#1,315
19963#1,297
19973#1,298
19983#1,311
19993#1,330
20003#1,337
20014#1,200