Aleta

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1947 · 262 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,446
since 1892

Aleta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Aleta has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #511, 1947girls
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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#14,9425
2024#10,2719
2023#11,1698
2022#9,05611
2021#8,97811
2020#7,96913
2019#9,73610
2018#9,80610
2017#12,7137
2016#9,41111
2015#8,00814
2014#8,05314
2013#8,58013
2012#7,14417
2011#9,72311
2010#10,45110
2009#11,4599
2008#7,74216
2007#11,6309
2006#9,90111
2005#10,12810
2004#7,07716
2003#8,50512
2002#10,2469
2001#6,95615
2000#6,48716
1999#5,89617
1998#5,79917
1997#4,81921
1996#4,30624
1995#4,51822
1994#4,23824
1993#5,95515
1992#3,96826
1991#4,49722
1990#4,12024
1989#3,67327
1988#3,30629
1987#2,85234
1986#2,72435
1985#2,86032
1984#2,34041
1983#2,51636
1982#2,53237
1981#1,49081
1980#1,93655
1979#2,08848
1978#1,82455
1977#1,68262
1976#2,06042
1975#1,58662
1974#1,66755
1973#1,47864
1972#1,52661
1971#1,22192
1970#1,52664
1969#1,31774
1968#1,33469
1967#1,07194
1966#918121
1965#846139
1964#982117
1963#887140
1962#960122
1961#888146
1960#874141
1959#1,08796
1958#1,007106
1957#970114
1956#802153
1955#746162
1954#639205
1953#711166
1952#699164
1951#728143
1950#625183
1949#702145
1948#551227
1947#511262
1946#606171
1945#737102
1944#1,29338
1943#1,11352
1942#1,04656
1941#1,18440
1940#1,63523
1939#1,29133
1938#1,18238
1937#1,09942
1936#1,00347
1935#1,16237
1934#1,20535
1933#1,15837
1932#1,44827
1931#1,16338
1930#1,66123
1929#1,28234
1928#1,09747
1927#1,21341
1926#1,51429
1925#1,22540
1924#1,38235
1923#1,10148
1922#1,05951
1921#1,27637
1920#1,11945
1919#1,15541
1918#1,18440
1917#1,20536
1916#1,10041
1915#1,11537
1914#1,14728
1913#1,35818
1912#1,29717
1911#1,11316
1910#1,9357
1909#1,6078
1908#1,20312
1907#1,8216
1906#1,3219
1905#1,6966
1904#1,00113
1903—
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1901#1,6795
1900#1,3199
1899#1,5965
1898#1,2638
1897#1,1678
1896—
1895#1,2997
1894#1,1368
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1892#1,4505
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First appearance
1892

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


Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Aleta is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedWIMichigan: #716 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,615 girlsMINew York: #855 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 15,246 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedINOhio: #970 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 21,037 girlsOHPennsylvania: #784 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,955 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #675 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 7,848 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedNEMissouri: #615 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,951 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #386 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,479 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedNMKansas: #444 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,203 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #622 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,094 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Aleta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#386 · 1 in 3,479
  2. Kansas#444 · 1 in 4,203
  3. Missouri#615 · 1 in 8,951
  4. North Carolina#622 · 1 in 8,094
  5. California#675 · 1 in 7,848

Best ever in a state: #234 in Maine, 1947.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#38651 in 3,479
Kansas#44451 in 4,203
Missouri#61551 in 8,951
North Carolina#62261 in 8,094
California#675221 in 7,848
Michigan#71671 in 12,615
Pennsylvania#78471 in 15,955
New York#855111 in 15,246
Ohio#97051 in 21,037
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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 Aleta
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,671 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #14,942)
  • 6,973 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #14,942)
  • 6,934 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 556 spots in 1945 (#1,293 → #737)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1957 (#802 → #970)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1947 at #511 (262 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1945–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,766
  • Highest: 1 in 6,766 girls born in 1947 were named Aleta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 23.1% of all girls named Aleta (1,492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s41#1,136 (1894)#1,319
1900s68#1,001 (1904)#1,456
1910s281#1,100 (1916)#1,261
1920s407#1,059 (1922)#1,227
1930s357#1,003 (1936)#1,237
1940s1,116#511 (1947)#938
1950s1,492#625 (1950)#801
1960s1,163#846 (1965)#1,008
1970s605#1,221 (1971)#1,666
1980s407#1,490 (1981)#2,623
1990s212#3,968 (1992)#4,812
2000s123#6,487 (2000)#9,013
2010s117#7,144 (2012)#9,363
2020s57#7,969 (2020)#10,398

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.

Aleta in 1960

girls
#874
141 births · 1 in 14,340 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #874Aleta141
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 14,340 of them was named Aleta, which outranked 88.1% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aleta
  1. #870Leisha142
  2. #870Madelyn142
  3. #870Tonja142
  4. #874Aleta141
  5. #874Donita141
  6. #874Nettie141
  7. #877Carleen140
  8. #877Cecile140
  9. #877Janeen140

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →