Aleta
Aleta was given to 5 girls in 2025, #15,040 among girls’ names; 6,446 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,410 Americans named Aleta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 51 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Aleta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Aleta?
#15,040 among girls’ names, 2025
Aleta fell from #8,020 in 2015 to #15,040 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.8 to 3.1 per million.
262 babies in 1947, the peak
Aleta peaked in 1947, when 262 girls were given it, #511 among girls’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,040 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,311 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,231 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,083 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,996 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,983 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,758 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,841 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,774 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,442 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,020 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,068 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,596 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,152 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,741 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,478 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,493 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,749 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,669 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,927 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,156 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,089 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,536 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,289 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,964 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,491 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,902 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,804 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,825 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,308 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,520 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,239 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,957 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,965 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,494 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,120 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,668 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,302 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,852 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,724 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,339 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,533 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,491 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,936 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,088 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,824 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,682 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,061 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,586 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,667 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,478 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,526 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 92 | #1,221 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,526 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 74 | #1,317 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 69 | #1,334 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 94 | #1,071 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 121 | #918 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 139 | #846 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 117 | #982 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 140 | #887 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 122 | #960 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 146 | #888 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 141 | #874 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 96 | #1,086 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 106 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 114 | #969 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 153 | #801 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 162 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 205 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 166 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 164 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 143 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 183 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 145 | #701 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 227 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 262 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 171 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 102 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 52 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 56 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,185 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,637 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,183 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 47 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,164 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,206 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,158 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,163 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,281 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,213 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,382 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,120 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,184 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,937 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,611 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,207 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,326 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,700 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,681 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,321 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,603 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,168 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Aleta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Aleta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 130 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Aleta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Aleta, and how old are they?
4,410 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 6,446 Americans ever recorded as Aleta. The median Aleta alive today is 64 years old; half are between 51 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 4,691 people named Aleta (4,685 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,765 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 249 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,250 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,070 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 494 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 214 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 135 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Aleta born?
The states with the most babies named Aleta are California, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 40% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 540 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 242 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 214 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 210 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 190 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 181 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 173 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 107 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 69 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Washington | 68 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Aleta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Aleta is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Aleta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 39,630 babies since 1880, Aleta is the second most given (16% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 155 babies (3.2%), the sixth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Aleta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Aleta and names like it
- Compare Aleta and AltaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sAleta peaked in 1947.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Aleta since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Aleta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Aleta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.