Aletha
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,948since 1881
Aletha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Aletha has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 |
| 1982 | #1,950 | 54 |
| 1981 | #1,958 | 54 |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 |
| 1977 | #1,498 | 73 |
| 1976 | #1,840 | 50 |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 |
| 1974 | #1,260 | 86 |
| 1973 | #1,286 | 80 |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 |
| 1971 | #1,389 | 76 |
| 1970 | #1,259 | 88 |
| 1969 | #1,193 | 87 |
| 1968 | #1,090 | 95 |
| 1967 | #1,255 | 73 |
| 1966 | #1,087 | 93 |
| 1965 | #1,122 | 89 |
| 1964 | #1,204 | 84 |
| 1963 | #1,087 | 99 |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 |
| 1961 | #1,199 | 85 |
| 1960 | #1,248 | 77 |
| 1959 | #1,192 | 80 |
| 1958 | #1,051 | 99 |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 |
| 1956 | #1,066 | 92 |
| 1955 | #929 | 112 |
| 1954 | #1,033 | 90 |
| 1953 | #974 | 96 |
| 1952 | #1,039 | 82 |
| 1951 | #1,050 | 78 |
| 1950 | #1,161 | 63 |
| 1949 | #1,012 | 79 |
| 1948 | #1,049 | 71 |
| 1947 | #1,097 | 66 |
| 1946 | #1,107 | 59 |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 |
| 1942 | #1,046 | 56 |
| 1941 | #942 | 61 |
| 1940 | #1,035 | 48 |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 |
| 1937 | #796 | 74 |
| 1936 | #941 | 53 |
| 1935 | #855 | 65 |
| 1934 | #804 | 70 |
| 1933 | #701 | 86 |
| 1932 | #775 | 76 |
| 1931 | #797 | 72 |
| 1930 | #880 | 67 |
| 1929 | #809 | 76 |
| 1928 | #862 | 71 |
| 1927 | #776 | 87 |
| 1926 | #741 | 95 |
| 1925 | #725 | 103 |
| 1924 | #639 | 137 |
| 1923 | #603 | 145 |
| 1922 | #609 | 142 |
| 1921 | #632 | 136 |
| 1920 | #604 | 139 |
| 1919 | #614 | 130 |
| 1918 | #671 | 113 |
| 1917 | #686 | 100 |
| 1916 | #641 | 111 |
| 1915 | #696 | 91 |
| 1914 | #656 | 78 |
| 1913 | #637 | 66 |
| 1912 | #697 | 52 |
| 1911 | #686 | 40 |
| 1910 | #691 | 38 |
| 1909 | #644 | 37 |
| 1908 | #729 | 28 |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 |
| 1906 | #611 | 34 |
| 1905 | #656 | 29 |
| 1904 | #600 | 32 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 |
| 1901 | #630 | 25 |
| 1900 | #725 | 25 |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 |
| 1898 | #768 | 19 |
| 1897 | #615 | 25 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #697 | 18 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Aletha! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Aletha is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Kansas#258 · 1 in 1,838
- Iowa#264 · 1 in 2,225
- Indiana#322 · 1 in 3,309
- Michigan#357 · 1 in 4,195
- Missouri#383 · 1 in 3,833
Best ever in a state: #202 in Kansas, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #258 | 9 | 1 in 1,838 |
| Iowa | #264 | 10 | 1 in 2,225 |
| Indiana | #322 | 8 | 1 in 3,309 |
| Michigan | #357 | 9 | 1 in 4,195 |
| Missouri | #383 | 8 | 1 in 3,833 |
| North Carolina | #437 | 7 | 1 in 5,334 |
| Georgia | #497 | 6 | 1 in 6,230 |
| Louisiana | #499 | 5 | 1 in 4,533 |
| California | #505 | 5 | 1 in 5,627 |
| New York | #533 | 8 | 1 in 12,345 |
| Pennsylvania | #558 | 7 | 1 in 13,924 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aletha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1891 (#1,099 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 442 spots in 1890 (#657 → #1,099)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1904 at #600 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 89 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1891–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,320
- Highest: 1 in 8,320 girls born in 1923 were named Aletha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #600 in 1904, was only 1 in 8,605 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 16.3% of all girls named Aletha (1,131) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #657 (1889) | #765 |
| 1890s | 160 | #615 (1897) | #796 |
| 1900s | 276 | #600 (1904) | #685 |
| 1910s | 819 | #614 (1919) | #668 |
| 1920s | 1,131 | #603 (1923) | #700 |
| 1930s | 686 | #701 (1933) | #834 |
| 1940s | 592 | #942 (1941) | #1,063 |
| 1950s | 879 | #929 (1955) | #1,062 |
| 1960s | 867 | #1,087 (1963) | #1,168 |
| 1970s | 680 | #1,259 (1970) | #1,551 |
| 1980s | 380 | #1,950 (1982) | #2,836 |
| 1990s | 186 | #3,369 (1991) | #5,419 |
| 2000s | 128 | #5,705 (2000) | #8,826 |
| 2010s | 59 | #9,723 (2011) | #13,157 |
| 2020s | 31 | #11,122 (2024) | #13,456 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aletha in 1920
girls
#604
139 births · 1 in 8,621 girls
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 8,621 of them was named Aletha, which outranked 89.5% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Aletha
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.