Alethea
Alethea was the 3030th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 522nd with 322 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 742 places. More babies were named Alethea in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,030 girls, down 347 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 54girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1973322 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,968babies recorded
Alethea popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,030 | 54 |
| 2020 | #2,683 | 62 |
| 2010 | #5,424 | 25 |
| 2000 | #3,984 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,800 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,542 | 76 |
| 1970 | #1,263 | 87 |
| 1960 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 |
| 1940 | #2,299 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1920 | #1,377 | 33 |
| 1910 | #1,637 | 9 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Alethea, counting every spelling?
Alethea has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Alethea?
54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alethea (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Alethea born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alethea.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Alethea?
About 4,100 people born in the US named Alethea are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 25 and 57. That makes Alethea mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Alethea by state
How common Alethea was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Alethea
How popular is the name Alethea?
Alethea was the 3030th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 522nd with 322 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 742 places. More babies were named Alethea in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Alethea a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Alethea in the US.
Where is Alethea most popular?
In 2021–2025, Alethea was most common in California (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New York.