Aleta
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 262 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,446since 1892
Aleta over time
Rank among girls' names. Aleta has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 |
| 1981 | #1,490 | 81 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 |
| 1979 | #2,088 | 48 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 |
| 1977 | #1,682 | 62 |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,667 | 55 |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 |
| 1972 | #1,526 | 61 |
| 1971 | #1,221 | 92 |
| 1970 | #1,526 | 64 |
| 1969 | #1,317 | 74 |
| 1968 | #1,334 | 69 |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 94 |
| 1966 | #918 | 121 |
| 1965 | #846 | 139 |
| 1964 | #982 | 117 |
| 1963 | #887 | 140 |
| 1962 | #960 | 122 |
| 1961 | #888 | 146 |
| 1960 | #874 | 141 |
| 1959 | #1,087 | 96 |
| 1958 | #1,007 | 106 |
| 1957 | #970 | 114 |
| 1956 | #802 | 153 |
| 1955 | #746 | 162 |
| 1954 | #639 | 205 |
| 1953 | #711 | 166 |
| 1952 | #699 | 164 |
| 1951 | #728 | 143 |
| 1950 | #625 | 183 |
| 1949 | #702 | 145 |
| 1948 | #551 | 227 |
| 1947 | #511 | 262 |
| 1946 | #606 | 171 |
| 1945 | #737 | 102 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 |
| 1943 | #1,113 | 52 |
| 1942 | #1,046 | 56 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,101 | 48 |
| 1922 | #1,059 | 51 |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 45 |
| 1919 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,205 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 |
| 1915 | #1,115 | 37 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#844 · 1 in 9,776
- Pennsylvania#894 · 1 in 11,558
- California#2,323 · 1 in 36,258
Best ever in a state: #234 in Maine, 1947.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #844 | 6 | 1 in 9,776 |
| Pennsylvania | #894 | 6 | 1 in 11,558 |
| California | #2,323 | 5 | 1 in 36,258 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1947 at #511 (262 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1945–1957
- 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%)
- 23.1% of all girls named Aleta (1,492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 41 | #1,136 (1894) | #1,319 |
| 1900s | 68 | #1,001 (1904) | #1,456 |
| 1910s | 281 | #1,100 (1916) | #1,261 |
| 1920s | 407 | #1,059 (1922) | #1,227 |
| 1930s | 357 | #1,003 (1936) | #1,237 |
| 1940s | 1,116 | #511 (1947) | #938 |
| 1950s | 1,492 | #625 (1950) | #801 |
| 1960s | 1,163 | #846 (1965) | #1,008 |
| 1970s | 605 | #1,221 (1971) | #1,666 |
| 1980s | 407 | #1,490 (1981) | #2,623 |
| 1990s | 212 | #3,968 (1992) | #4,812 |
| 2000s | 123 | #6,487 (2000) | #9,013 |
| 2010s | 117 | #7,144 (2012) | #9,363 |
| 2020s | 57 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 20,593 of them was named Aleta, which outranked 87.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,475Serina82
- #1,475Shane82
- #1,475Tamela82
- #1,490Aleta81
- #1,490Adela81
- #1,490Angella81
- #1,490Ellie81
- #1,504Coleen80
- #1,504Fiona80
- #1,504Jacqulyn80
Tied with 13 names at #1,490; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.