Girls' name · since 1973
Aletheia
Aletheia has 890 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,915 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 890
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aletheia currently ranks #2915 among girls' names in America, with 890 babies recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Aletheia recorded 890 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #2915 nationally today, ahead of 83% of girls, 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 1973 to 2025.
- #8,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,915 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 890 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aletheia ranks #8,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,915 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 890 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,915 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 890
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aletheia's 890 recorded births place it above 88.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aletheia compares
890 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Aletheia's all-time total is 137% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aletheia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 890 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aletheia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aletheia's full recorded timeline at 2006, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aletheia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Aletheia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (352 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Aletheia's strongest decade.
352 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Aletheia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 112
2000s
112 births
- 2010s
2010s
352 births
- 2020s
2020s
328 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 352 births (40% of all-time use).
How Aletheia 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 Aletheia's total volume
Aletheia by state
Where Aletheia concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 88 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 66 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 22 | 2.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
88 of 890 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Aletheia's data
- Aletheia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (352 total births) through the 2020s (328) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Aletheias (88 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 Aletheia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Aletheia 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.