Girls' name · since 2003
Alathea
59 babies named Alathea in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alathea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 59 have been recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Alathea recorded 59 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2023.
- #32,979 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alathea ranks #32,979 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alathea's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alathea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alathea's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alathea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2023
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Alathea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (26 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Alathea's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Alathea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Alathea's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alathea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alathea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.