Aletha

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122

Peak · girls
#600
1904 · 32 births
Debut · girls
1881
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,948
since 1881

Aletha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Aletha has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #600, 1904girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#11,1228
2023#15,1945
2022#15,3065
2021#12,2067
2020#13,4536
2019#9,73610
2018—
2017#14,1246
2016#14,3316
2015#16,4195
2014#16,5135
2013#13,1507
2012#11,2579
2011#9,72311
2010—
2009#7,67916
2008#9,47612
2007#10,81810
2006#12,4208
2005#10,9219
2004#9,26411
2003#7,58014
2002#7,44414
2001#6,95615
2000#5,70519
1999#5,66118
1998#6,71914
1997#6,16315
1996#5,28018
1995#6,25714
1994#5,71316
1993#6,26414
1992#4,38223
1991#3,36932
1990#4,38022
1989#4,67019
1988#4,17221
1987#3,74323
1986#2,77934
1985#2,44040
1984#2,11147
1983#2,55235
1982#1,95054
1981#1,95854
1980#1,98153
1979#1,91754
1978#1,82455
1977#1,49873
1976#1,84050
1975#1,78052
1974#1,26086
1973#1,28680
1972#1,45666
1971#1,38976
1970#1,25988
1969#1,19387
1968#1,09095
1967#1,25573
1966#1,08793
1965#1,12289
1964#1,20484
1963#1,08799
1962#1,19285
1961#1,19985
1960#1,24877
1959#1,19280
1958#1,05199
1957#1,12487
1956#1,06692
1955#929112
1954#1,03390
1953#97496
1952#1,03982
1951#1,05078
1950#1,16163
1949#1,01279
1948#1,04971
1947#1,09766
1946#1,10759
1945#1,06054
1944#1,20543
1943#1,07755
1942#1,04656
1941#94261
1940#1,03548
1939#90360
1938#89063
1937#79674
1936#94153
1935#85565
1934#80470
1933#70186
1932#77576
1931#79772
1930#88067
1929#80976
1928#86271
1927#77687
1926#74195
1925#725103
1924#639137
1923#603145
1922#609142
1921#632136
1920#604139
1919#614130
1918#671113
1917#686100
1916#641111
1915#69691
1914#65678
1913#63766
1912#69752
1911#68640
1910#69138
1909#64437
1908#72928
1907#74925
1906#61134
1905#65629
1904#60032
1903#73421
1902#77320
1901#63025
1900#72525
1899#66422
1898#76819
1897#61525
1896#72819
1895#85814
1894#69718
1893#90111
1892#83013
1891#79612
1890#1,0997
1889#65715
1888#8949
1887#7889
1886#65712
1885#7938
1884#68610
1883#8176
1882—
1881#8305
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.

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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s74#657 (1889)#765
1890s160#615 (1897)#796
1900s276#600 (1904)#685
1910s819#614 (1919)#668
1920s1,131#603 (1923)#700
1930s686#701 (1933)#834
1940s592#942 (1941)#1,063
1950s879#929 (1955)#1,062
1960s867#1,087 (1963)#1,168
1970s680#1,259 (1970)#1,551
1980s380#1,950 (1982)#2,836
1990s186#3,369 (1991)#5,419
2000s128#5,705 (2000)#8,826
2010s59#9,723 (2011)#13,157
2020s31#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 1942

girls
#1,046
56 births · 1 in 24,120 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #1,046Aletha56
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 24,120 of them was named Aletha, which outranked 80.6% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aletha
  1. #1,037Madelaine57
  2. #1,037Shelly57
  3. #1,037Silvia57
  4. #1,046Aletha56
  5. #1,046Adelina56
  6. #1,046Aleta56
  7. #1,046Bobbi56
  8. #1,055Danna55
  9. #1,055Gilda55
  10. #1,055Joye55

Tied with 8 names at #1,046; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →