Name profile

Greta

Short form of Margareta.

PronunciationGerman /ˈɡʁeː.ta/; Italian /ˈɡrɛː.ta/; Swedish /ˈɡreː.ta/; Polish /ˈɡrɛ.ta/; English /ˈɡɹɛt.ə/
Usage languagesEnglish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#908

Meaning and history

Greta is a short form of Margareta, famously borne by Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905–1990).

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 411 births, rank #686
2007: 434 births, rank #675
2008: 434 births, rank #696
2009: 417 births, rank #696
2010: 431 births, rank #671
20112011: 411 births, rank #684
2012: 444 births, rank #642
2013: 479 births, rank #593
2014: 494 births, rank #597
2015: 533 births, rank #575
20162016: 473 births, rank #633
2017: 466 births, rank #632
2018: 519 births, rank #589
2019: 462 births, rank #637
2020: 370 births, rank #739
20212021: 336 births, rank #826
2022: 324 births, rank #859
2023: 283 births, rank #936
2024: 314 births, rank #860
20252025: 291 births, rank #908

Greta moved from #862 to #908 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1967, with 534 births.