Alethea

#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births

Peak · girls
#522
1973 · 322 births
Debut · girls
1892
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,968
since 1892

Alethea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alethea has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #522, 1973girls
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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#3,02854
2024#2,66165
2023#2,41574
2022#2,31980
2021#2,26681
2020#2,68262
2019#3,13051
2018#4,66229
2017#3,19250
2016#4,85028
2015#3,76740
2014#4,10336
2013#3,77840
2012#4,95728
2011#4,35333
2010#5,41425
2009#5,37826
2008#5,14228
2007#4,38034
2006#5,23326
2005#4,82827
2004#4,09334
2003#3,65538
2002#4,62126
2001#3,78534
2000#3,98331
1999#4,71823
1998#4,79622
1997#4,37024
1996#4,73921
1995#4,09925
1994#3,16836
1993#3,98726
1992#3,26734
1991#3,20734
1990#2,79941
1989#2,40848
1988#2,86736
1987#2,04454
1986#2,97331
1985#2,31743
1984#2,29942
1983#1,90754
1982#1,53177
1981#1,61572
1980#1,54276
1979#1,64568
1978#1,34788
1977#1,41479
1976#1,16099
1975#1,145101
1974#716201
1973#522322
1972#1,45666
1971#1,125104
1970#1,26387
1969#1,30375
1968#1,05699
1967#1,55952
1966#1,73642
1965#1,36665
1964#1,59351
1963#1,35267
1962#1,28374
1961#1,31971
1960#1,18884
1959#1,39659
1958#1,58845
1957#1,58846
1956#1,39856
1955#1,32058
1954#1,46547
1953#1,62237
1952#1,46943
1951#1,50539
1950#1,60234
1949#1,88226
1948#1,85826
1947#2,63715
1946#2,59714
1945#2,59812
1944#1,86721
1943#2,44714
1942#1,91720
1941#2,66811
1940#2,29713
1939#2,73610
1938#2,34013
1937#2,19614
1936#2,52111
1935#2,73110
1934#3,8026
1933#1,77319
1932#3,5687
1931#3,2268
1930#2,84510
1929#3,3948
1928#1,83721
1927#2,85911
1926#1,66725
1925#2,19117
1924#1,67926
1923#2,16917
1922#1,40333
1921#1,82123
1920#1,37533
1919#1,98918
1918#2,28915
1917#1,70821
1916#1,58123
1915#1,57122
1914#1,89613
1913#1,46516
1912#1,84410
1911#1,9567
1910#1,6349
1909#1,7637
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906—
1905—
1904#1,6596
1903#1,5926
1902#1,5946
1901—
1900—
1899#1,5965
1898—
1897#1,5555
1896#1,5835
1895—
1894—
1893#1,4375
1892#1,4505
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Alethea! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1892–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Alethea
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 367 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #3,028)
  • 346 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #3,028)
  • 739 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #3,028)
  • Biggest jump: 934 spots in 1973 (#1,456 → #522)
  • Biggest drop: 429 spots in 1975 (#716 → #1,145)
Rise & fade · girls
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1973 at #522 (322 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1973–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,529
  • Highest: 1 in 4,529 girls born in 1973 were named Alethea (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Alethea (1,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s25#1,437 (1893)#1,524
1900s37#1,592 (1903)#1,715
1910s154#1,465 (1913)#1,793
1920s214#1,375 (1920)#2,040
1930s108#1,773 (1933)#2,774
1940s172#1,858 (1948)#2,277
1950s464#1,320 (1955)#1,495
1960s680#1,056 (1968)#1,376
1970s1,215#522 (1973)#1,179
1980s533#1,531 (1982)#2,150
1990s286#2,799 (1990)#3,915
2000s304#3,655 (2003)#4,510
2010s360#3,130 (2019)#4,221
2020s416#2,266 (2021)#2,562

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.

Alethea in 1913

girls
#1,465
16 births · 1 in 39,034 girls

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #1,465Alethea16
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 39,034 of them was named Alethea, which outranked 60.5% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alethea
  1. #1,405Valera17
  2. #1,405Vonnie17
  3. #1,405Wilna17
  4. #1,465Alethea16
  5. #1,465Ailene16
  6. #1,465Albertina16
  7. #1,465Alla16
  8. #1,528Adda15
  9. #1,528Adel15
  10. #1,528Alean15

Tied with 62 names at #1,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

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

See the top 100 for 1913 →