Girls' name · since 1892
Alethea
4,968 babies named Alethea in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,032 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,968
- born since 1892
- 1970s
- peak decade
Alethea currently ranks #3032 among girls' names in America, with 4,968 babies recorded since 1892.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alethea has been recorded 4,968 times among girls since 1892, currently ranked #3032 nationally and more common than 82% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #2,587 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,032 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,968 born since 1892
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alethea ranks #2,587 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,032 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,968 born since 1892, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,032 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,968
- born since 1892
- 1970s
- peak decade
Alethea's 4,968 recorded births place it above 96.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alethea compares
4,968 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alethea's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alethea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,968 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 322 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alethea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alethea's full recorded timeline at 1962, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1892, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 322 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alethea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 322
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Alethea by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,215 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Alethea's strongest decade.
1,215 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Alethea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 25
1890s
25 births
- 1900s 37
1900s
37 births
- 1910s 154
1910s
154 births
- 1920s 214
1920s
214 births
- 1930s 108
1930s
108 births
- 1940s 172
1940s
172 births
- 1950s 464
1950s
464 births
- 1960s
1960s
680 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,215 births
- 1980s
1980s
533 births
- 1990s 286
1990s
286 births
- 2000s 304
2000s
304 births
- 2010s 360
2010s
360 births
- 2020s 416
2020s
416 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,215 births (24% of all-time use).
How Alethea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alethea's total volume
Alethea by state
Where Alethea concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 352 | 7.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 191 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 145 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 108 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 74 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 69 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 66 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 59 | 1.2% |
352 of 4,968 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Alethea appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alethea's data
- Alethea's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (1,215 total births) through the 2020s (416) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Aletheas (352 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alethea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1892–2025 (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 Alethea 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.