Aletta

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births

Peak · girls
1935 · 37 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,111
since 1892

Aletta over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #1,162, 1935girls
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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#5,55422
2024#4,11435
2023#6,40918
2022#5,02826
2021#5,57322
2020#7,55914
2019#6,69817
2018#7,76214
2017#5,19125
2016#6,90117
2015#8,93112
2014#9,51711
2013#9,03612
2012#8,63213
2011#13,3477
2010#8,27114
2009#11,4599
2008#13,8327
2007#17,6365
2006
2005#13,0107
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997#12,0706
1996
1995
1994#13,4305
1993
1992
1991#13,1475
1990
1989
1988#11,7985
1987#8,7787
1986
1985#9,3076
1984#10,4225
1983
1982#7,4698
1981#5,88511
1980#6,7899
1979#5,75111
1978#6,9488
1977#4,65214
1976
1975#4,14115
1974#6,9007
1973#5,5809
1972#4,52312
1971#6,6197
1970#3,57717
1969#3,61915
1968#6,2466
1967
1966#3,95911
1965#4,20210
1964#4,09611
1963#4,8968
1962#5,8606
1961#5,3097
1960#5,1687
1959#5,0317
1958#4,5208
1957#4,5368
1956#3,91010
1955#5,8285
1954#4,6557
1953#2,59517
1952#2,80615
1951#4,3857
1950#2,65215
1949#2,99912
1948#2,18820
1947#3,06112
1946#2,88012
1945#2,45813
1944#3,1399
1943#3,2499
1942#2,21416
1941#2,53212
1940#3,5037
1939#2,59211
1938#2,57911
1937#2,31713
1936#1,37528
1935#1,16237
1934#4,2865
1933#2,68810
1932#3,2748
1931#3,8486
1930#2,84510
1929#4,0536
1928#4,1956
1927#2,69912
1926#2,70812
1925#2,37815
1924#3,6658
1923#2,36615
1922#3,3799
1921#2,94111
1920#2,89911
1919#2,51513
1918#2,10217
1917#3,0929
1916#3,5527
1915#3,1348
1914#2,8767
1913
1912#2,9795
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,8775
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#1,5965
1898
1897#1,5555
1896#1,5835
1895
1894
1893
1892#1,4505
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1892

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


Quietest stretch: 1892–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Aletta
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,440 spots since 2024 (#4,114#5,554)
  • 2,005 spots since 2020 (#7,559#5,554)
  • 3,377 spots since 2015 (#8,931#5,554)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1935 at #1,162 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs 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 28,340
  • Highest: 1 in 28,340 girls born in 1935 were named Aletta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 12.8% of all girls named Aletta (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s20#1,450 (1892)#1,546
1900s5#1,877 (1904)#1,877
1910s66#2,102 (1918)#2,893
1920s105#2,366 (1923)#3,128
1930s139#1,162 (1935)#2,697
1940s122#2,188 (1948)#2,822
1950s99#2,595 (1953)#4,092
1960s81#3,619 (1969)#4,817
1970s100#3,577 (1970)#5,410
1980s51#5,885 (1981)#8,635
1990s16#12,070 (1997)#12,882
2000s28#11,459 (2009)#13,984
2010s142#5,191 (2017)#8,429
2020s137#4,114 (2024)#5,706

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.

Aletta in 1942

girls
#2,214
16 births · 1 in 84,420 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. #2,214Aletta16
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 84,420 of them was named Aletta, which outranked 58.8% 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 Aletta
  1. #2,117Wendie17
  2. #2,117Wynelle17
  3. #2,117Zettie17
  4. #2,214Aletta16
  5. #2,214Adria16
  6. #2,214Alean16
  7. #2,214Annelle16
  8. #2,311Aggie15
  9. #2,311Aleda15
  10. #2,311Annamay15

Tied with 96 names at #2,214; 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