Gretel
11
Peak · 2014
2022
Last seen
18
Years on list
98
Total babies
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Gretel
Gretel is a rare UK girl's name. In 2024, fewer than three girls were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2022.
Gretel reached its peak in 2014, when 11 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #2,314 for UK girls that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 18 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 98 girls have been officially registered with the name Gretel in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 42 girls were registered with the name, starting from 11 in 2014 and ending at 0 in 2024.