Meaning and history
Gretel is a diminutive of Grete and is best known as the girl in the Brothers Grimm’s 1812 fairy tale who, along with her brother Hansel, is captured by a witch. The Grimm version drew on earlier European folktales.
20062006: 20 births, rank #6,356
2007: 15 births, rank #8,098
2008: 19 births, rank #6,799
2009: 25 births, rank #5,537
2010: 33 births, rank #4,397
20112011: 37 births, rank #3,999
2012: 37 births, rank #4,047
2013: 46 births, rank #3,404
2014: 63 births, rank #2,739
2015: 36 births, rank #4,069
20162016: 57 births, rank #2,934
2017: 41 births, rank #3,697
2018: 45 births, rank #3,438
2019: 40 births, rank #3,718
2020: 43 births, rank #3,498
20212021: 49 births, rank #3,250
2022: 68 births, rank #2,579
2023: 50 births, rank #3,225
2024: 49 births, rank #3,225
20252025: 48 births, rank #3,249
In 2025, 48 babies were recorded with the name Gretel, ranking #3,249 among girls.