Female name
Gretchen
53,837 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1973. Expression number: 8.
Origin
From the German Gretchen.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Gretchen”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1973: 1,351 births. 53,837 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1940s to the 1980s. It really came into use around 1889. It is still given: 256 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
7 + 9 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 8 + 5 + 5 = 44 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
5 + 5 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
7 + 9 + 2 + 3 + 8 + 5 = 34 → 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 4, 6
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.