Aletha

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122

Peak · girls
1904 · 32 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

girls
#1,090
95 births · 1 in 17,267 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #1,090Aletha95
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 17,267 of them was named Aletha, which outranked 86.7% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aletha
  1. #1,083Lissa96
  2. #1,083Phoebe96
  3. #1,083Sharyn96
  4. #1,090Aletha95
  5. #1,090Brenna95
  6. #1,090Elyse95
  7. #1,090Fannie95
  8. #1,099Carmel94
  9. #1,099Christen94
  10. #1,099Imelda94

Tied with 8 names at #1,090; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968