Alethia
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,521since 1894
Alethia over time
Rank among girls' names. Alethia has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 |
| 1973 | #1,349 | 74 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,519 | 56 |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Alethia! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alethia is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#296 · 1 in 2,251
Best ever in a state: #220 in South Carolina, 1930.
Show every state
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| South Carolina | #296 | 10 | 1 in 2,251 |
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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 Alethia
- 1,161 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,107)
- 2,895 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #10,107)
- 3,130 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #10,107)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1900 at #1,106 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 19,706 girls born in 1973 were named Alethia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,106 in 1900, was only 1 in 24,982 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.8% of all girls named Alethia (349) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,491 |
| 1900s | 75 | #1,106 (1900) | #1,464 |
| 1910s | 158 | #1,352 (1912) | #1,714 |
| 1920s | 218 | #1,425 (1928) | #1,884 |
| 1930s | 177 | #1,347 (1930) | #1,967 |
| 1940s | 167 | #1,949 (1943) | #2,296 |
| 1950s | 237 | #1,679 (1950) | #2,292 |
| 1960s | 312 | #1,519 (1968) | #2,213 |
| 1970s | 349 | #1,349 (1973) | #2,518 |
| 1980s | 232 | #2,901 (1982) | #3,700 |
| 1990s | 155 | #4,508 (1997) | #6,241 |
| 2000s | 165 | #6,091 (2009) | #7,115 |
| 2010s | 169 | #4,836 (2012) | #7,382 |
| 2020s | 85 | #6,174 (2021) | #7,774 |
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.
Alethia in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 67,118 of them was named Alethia, which outranked 61.6% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,882Vennie19
- #1,882Veta19
- #1,882Wylene19
- #1,954Alethia18
- #1,954Alayne18
- #1,954Ardyth18
- #1,954Belia18
- #2,018Ailene17
- #2,018Alease17
- #2,018Amada17
Tied with 63 names at #1,954; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.