Alethia

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
#1,106
1900 · 12 births
Debut · girls
1894
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,521
since 1894

Alethia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alethia has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #1,106, 1900girls
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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#10,1079
2024#8,94611
2023#6,92216
2022#7,28115
2021#6,17419
2020#7,21215
2019#9,11211
2018#6,79217
2017#8,77612
2016#6,66318
2015#6,97717
2014#5,79722
2013#9,61211
2012#4,83629
2011#8,61413
2010#6,64119
2009#6,09122
2008#7,40817
2007#6,32321
2006#6,84018
2005#7,50015
2004#7,07716
2003#8,50512
2002#8,28012
2001#6,32217
2000#6,80815
1999#7,71612
1998#7,53212
1997#4,50823
1996#6,72313
1995#5,43917
1994#8,8049
1993#5,95515
1992#4,52822
1991#5,65916
1990#5,54916
1989#4,02024
1988#4,30820
1987#3,98321
1986#3,64523
1985#4,28218
1984#3,52723
1983#3,68721
1982#2,90131
1981#2,92830
1980#3,71921
1979#3,23625
1978#2,62932
1977#3,08325
1976#2,66429
1975#3,15522
1974#1,88146
1973#1,34974
1972#2,59827
1971#2,54229
1970#2,04340
1969#2,29631
1968#1,51956
1967#2,01234
1966#2,75220
1965#2,24728
1964#2,15131
1963#2,01534
1962#2,11331
1961#2,29927
1960#2,72920
1959#2,45822
1958#3,08515
1957#2,48621
1956#2,24924
1955#3,22513
1954#1,76934
1953#2,07125
1952#1,97826
1951#1,92126
1950#1,67931
1949#2,99912
1948#2,25519
1947#2,08922
1946#2,09420
1945#2,91610
1944#1,96719
1943#1,94920
1942#2,53713
1941#1,95418
1940#2,20314
1939#1,73120
1938#1,65022
1937#1,99916
1936#1,95016
1935#2,09515
1934#2,42412
1933#2,40412
1932#2,13015
1931#1,94117
1930#1,34732
1929#2,43713
1928#1,42530
1927#1,88521
1926#1,77223
1925#2,01819
1924#1,87222
1923#1,67225
1922#1,68225
1921#1,72325
1920#2,35715
1919#1,85520
1918#2,10217
1917#1,99617
1916#1,73920
1915#1,73819
1914#1,89613
1913#1,67013
1912#1,35216
1911#1,37212
1910#1,42111
1909#1,21912
1908#1,20312
1907#1,5128
1906#1,7276
1905#1,5387
1904#1,4867
1903#1,5926
1902#1,7935
1901—
1900#1,10612
1899#1,3946
1898#1,5026
1897—
1896#1,5835
1895—
1894#1,4855
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five girls were named Alethia! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Alethia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,161 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,107)
  • 2,895 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #10,107)
  • 3,130 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1900 at #1,106 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,706
  • Highest: 1 in 19,706 girls born in 1973 were named Alethia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,106 in 1900, was only 1 in 24,982 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 13.8% of all girls named Alethia (349) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s22#1,394 (1899)#1,491
1900s75#1,106 (1900)#1,464
1910s158#1,352 (1912)#1,714
1920s218#1,425 (1928)#1,884
1930s177#1,347 (1930)#1,967
1940s167#1,949 (1943)#2,296
1950s237#1,679 (1950)#2,292
1960s312#1,519 (1968)#2,213
1970s349#1,349 (1973)#2,518
1980s232#2,901 (1982)#3,700
1990s155#4,508 (1997)#6,241
2000s165#6,091 (2009)#7,115
2010s169#4,836 (2012)#7,382
2020s85#6,174 (2021)#7,774

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.

Alethia in 1937

girls
#1,999
16 births · 1 in 66,502 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,999Alethia16
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 66,502 of them was named Alethia, which outranked 59.5% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alethia
  1. #1,914Vena17
  2. #1,914Veva17
  3. #1,914Wilhelmenia17
  4. #1,999Alethia16
  5. #1,999Adelaida16
  6. #1,999Alfred16
  7. #1,999Alline16
  8. #2,101Aleen15
  9. #2,101Ammie15
  10. #2,101Aneta15

Tied with 101 names at #1,999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →