Alethea
#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 322 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,968since 1892
Alethea over time
Rank among girls' names. Alethea has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #3,028 | 54 |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 |
| 2022 | #2,319 | 80 |
| 2021 | #2,266 | 81 |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 |
| 1987 | #2,044 | 54 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 |
| 1983 | #1,907 | 54 |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 |
| 1980 | #1,542 | 76 |
| 1979 | #1,645 | 68 |
| 1978 | #1,347 | 88 |
| 1977 | #1,414 | 79 |
| 1976 | #1,160 | 99 |
| 1975 | #1,145 | 101 |
| 1974 | #716 | 201 |
| 1973 | #522 | 322 |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 |
| 1971 | #1,125 | 104 |
| 1970 | #1,263 | 87 |
| 1969 | #1,303 | 75 |
| 1968 | #1,056 | 99 |
| 1967 | #1,559 | 52 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,366 | 65 |
| 1964 | #1,593 | 51 |
| 1963 | #1,352 | 67 |
| 1962 | #1,283 | 74 |
| 1961 | #1,319 | 71 |
| 1960 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1959 | #1,396 | 59 |
| 1958 | #1,588 | 45 |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 |
| 1956 | #1,398 | 56 |
| 1955 | #1,320 | 58 |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Alethea is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#650 · 1 in 9,207
- Pennsylvania#870 · 1 in 22,554
- Illinois#927 · 1 in 20,154
Best ever in a state: #290 in District of Columbia, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #650 | 5 | 1 in 9,207 |
| Pennsylvania | #870 | 5 | 1 in 22,554 |
| Illinois | #927 | 5 | 1 in 20,154 |
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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 Alethea
- 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)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1973 at #522 (322 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1973–1974
- 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%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Alethea (1,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 25 | #1,437 (1893) | #1,524 |
| 1900s | 37 | #1,592 (1903) | #1,715 |
| 1910s | 154 | #1,465 (1913) | #1,793 |
| 1920s | 214 | #1,375 (1920) | #2,040 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,773 (1933) | #2,774 |
| 1940s | 172 | #1,858 (1948) | #2,277 |
| 1950s | 464 | #1,320 (1955) | #1,495 |
| 1960s | 680 | #1,056 (1968) | #1,376 |
| 1970s | 1,215 | #522 (1973) | #1,179 |
| 1980s | 533 | #1,531 (1982) | #2,150 |
| 1990s | 286 | #2,799 (1990) | #3,915 |
| 2000s | 304 | #3,655 (2003) | #4,510 |
| 2010s | 360 | #3,130 (2019) | #4,221 |
| 2020s | 416 | #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 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
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1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 33,712 of them was named Alethea, which outranked 80.4% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,309Selena59
- #1,309Vannessa59
- #1,309Wonda59
- #1,320Alethea58
- #1,320Ardis58
- #1,320Arnetta58
- #1,320Dawne58
- #1,334Alyson57
- #1,334Anthony57
- #1,334Ardith57
Tied with 13 names at #1,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.