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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Alethia

Alethia was the 10142nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 1107th; the most babies were born in 1973 (74). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,152 places. More babies were named Alethia in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#10,142 girls, down 2,913 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
9girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197374 babies
Total since 1880
2,521babies recorded

Alethia popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#10,1429
2020#7,22915
2010#6,66319
2000#6,82415
1990#5,55516
1980#3,72021
1970#2,04440
1960#2,73120
1950#1,68031
1940#2,20414
1930#1,34832
1920#2,36015
1910#1,42111
1900#1,10712
1890——
1880——

How popular is Alethia, counting every spelling?

Alethia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Alethia?

9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alethia (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Alethia 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alethia.

Chance of another Alethia in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Alethia?

About 1,700 people born in the US named Alethia are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 28 and 62. That makes Alethia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Alethia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Alethia, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Alethia

How popular is the name Alethia?

Alethia was the 10142nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 1107th; the most babies were born in 1973 (74). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,152 places. More babies were named Alethia in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Alethia a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Alethia in the US.