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How popular is “Gretta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gretta” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gretta” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gretta” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gretta” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gretta” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gretta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gretta” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 100%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 100%
1915 31 0.000016917 31 100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 100%
1918 37 0.000017042 37 100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 100%
1922 28 0.000012232 28 100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 100%
1927 30 0.000012935 30 100%
1928 33 0.000014596 33 100%
1929 34 0.00001551 34 100%
1930 34 0.000015293 34 100%
1931 36 0.000017107 36 100%
1932 46 0.000021788 46 100%
1933 40 0.000020006 40 100%
1934 44 0.000021186 44 100%
1935 42 0.000020097 42 100%
1936 35 0.000016847 35 100%
1937 42 0.000019712 42 100%
1938 41 0.00001853 41 100%
1939 29 0.000013161 29 100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 100%
1941 28 0.000011492 28 100%
1942 36 0.000013178 36 100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 100%
1944 41 0.000015241 41 100%
1945 31 0.000011685 31 100%
1946 32 0.000010015 32 100%
1947 35 0.000009716 35 100%
1948 25 0.000007241 25 100%
1949 30 0.000008609 30 100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 100%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 100%
1955 28 0.000006974 28 100%
1956 33 0.000008004 33 100%
1957 37 0.000008805 37 100%
1958 39 0.000009434 39 100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 100%
1960 53 0.000012759 53 100%
1961 21 0.00000507 21 100%
1962 45 0.000011151 45 100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 100%
1965 27 0.000007447 27 100%
1966 100 0.000028772 100 100%
1967 77 0.000022681 77 100%
1968 68 0.000020128 68 100%
1969 49 0.000014099 49 100%
1970 47 0.000013032 47 100%
1971 55 0.000016024 55 100%
1972 41 0.000013045 41 100%
1973 29 0.000009613 29 100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 100%
1975 34 0.000011261 34 100%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 100%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 100%
1980 29 0.000008419 29 100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 100%
1983 21 0.000006064 21 100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 100%
1997 26 0.000007171 26 100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 100%
1999 38 0.000010287 38 100%
2000 41 0.000010847 41 100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 100%
2004 45 0.000011777 45 100%
2005 57 0.000014825 57 100%
2006 35 0.000008847 35 100%
2007 49 0.000012257 49 100%
2008 38 0.000009668 38 100%
2009 46 0.000012041 46 100%
2010 70 0.000018941 70 100%
2011 42 0.000011482 42 100%
2012 58 0.000015858 58 100%
2013 63 0.000017281 63 100%
2014 46 0.000012411 46 100%
2015 51 0.00001378 51 100%
2016 64 0.000017445 64 100%
2017 50 0.000013981 50 100%
2018 47 0.000013368 47 100%
2019 52 0.000014982 52 100%
2020 32 0.000009579 32 100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 100%
2022 40 0.000011823 40 100%
2023 31 0.000009362 31 100%
2024 32 0.000009614 32 100%

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