The baby name Gretchen appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2023. It was most popular in 1973 with 1,632 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Gretchen has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 73 |
| 1911 | 66 |
| 1912 | 116 |
| 1913 | 131 |
| 1914 | 207 |
| 1915 | 328 |
| 1916 | 324 |
| 1917 | 245 |
| 1918 | 171 |
| 1919 | 106 |
| 1920 | 112 |
| 1921 | 119 |
| 1922 | 144 |
| 1923 | 150 |
| 1924 | 132 |
| 1925 | 137 |
| 1926 | 156 |
| 1927 | 128 |
| 1928 | 192 |
| 1929 | 164 |
| 1930 | 189 |
| 1931 | 200 |
| 1932 | 233 |
| 1933 | 249 |
| 1934 | 279 |
| 1935 | 311 |
| 1936 | 290 |
| 1937 | 345 |
| 1938 | 538 |
| 1939 | 394 |
| 1940 | 463 |
| 1941 | 460 |
| 1942 | 451 |
| 1943 | 436 |
| 1944 | 493 |
| 1945 | 472 |
| 1946 | 571 |
| 1947 | 594 |
| 1948 | 646 |
| 1949 | 662 |
| 1950 | 662 |
| 1951 | 740 |
| 1952 | 637 |
| 1953 | 658 |
| 1954 | 623 |
| 1955 | 656 |
| 1956 | 622 |
| 1957 | 652 |
| 1958 | 765 |
| 1959 | 931 |
| 1960 | 1,133 |
| 1961 | 1,180 |
| 1962 | 1,101 |
| 1963 | 1,014 |
| 1964 | 1,045 |
| 1965 | 944 |
| 1966 | 1,073 |
| 1967 | 1,049 |
| 1968 | 1,032 |
| 1969 | 1,253 |
| 1970 | 1,454 |
| 1971 | 1,504 |
| 1972 | 1,452 |
| 1973 | 1,632 |
| 1974 | 1,556 |
| 1975 | 1,421 |
| 1976 | 1,446 |
| 1977 | 1,292 |
| 1978 | 1,165 |
| 1979 | 1,118 |
| 1980 | 1,140 |
| 1981 | 1,038 |
| 1982 | 853 |
| 1983 | 697 |
| 1984 | 617 |
| 1985 | 530 |
| 1986 | 428 |
| 1987 | 401 |
| 1988 | 380 |
| 1989 | 463 |
| 1990 | 406 |
| 1991 | 472 |
| 1992 | 300 |
| 1993 | 326 |
| 1994 | 261 |
| 1995 | 261 |
| 1996 | 307 |
| 1997 | 319 |
| 1998 | 287 |
| 1999 | 312 |
| 2000 | 310 |
| 2001 | 322 |
| 2002 | 236 |
| 2003 | 346 |
| 2004 | 333 |
| 2005 | 394 |
| 2006 | 417 |
| 2007 | 328 |
| 2008 | 305 |
| 2009 | 269 |
| 2010 | 198 |
| 2011 | 220 |
| 2012 | 175 |
| 2013 | 136 |
| 2014 | 167 |
| 2015 | 133 |
| 2016 | 145 |
| 2017 | 81 |
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2019 | 26 |
| 2020 | 22 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2023 | 23 |