Alethia
Alethia was given to 9 girls in 2025, #10,139 among girls’ names; 2,521 Americans have been recorded with it since 1894 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,720 Americans named Alethia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (68% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 28 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alethia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Alethia?
#10,139 among girls’ names, 2025
Alethia fell from #6,987 in 2015 to #10,139 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 9.5 to 5.6 per million.
74 babies in 1973, the peak
Alethia peaked in 1973, when 74 girls were given it, #1,350 among girls’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,139 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,961 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,934 | 10.0 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,293 | 9.1 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,185 | 11.6 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,225 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,135 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,801 | 10.0 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,809 | 7.0 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,670 | 10.2 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #6,987 | 9.5 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,802 | 12.3 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,631 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,838 | 16.5 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,642 | 7.4 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,660 | 10.7 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,100 | 12.0 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,425 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,324 | 10.9 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,862 | 9.5 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,516 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,091 | 8.7 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,537 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,301 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,329 | 9.4 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,817 | 8.3 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,733 | 6.8 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,547 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,512 | 13.2 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,726 | 7.4 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,445 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,821 | 5.0 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,958 | 8.3 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,524 | 11.9 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,664 | 8.5 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,550 | 8.4 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,015 | 13.0 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,305 | 11.2 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,983 | 12.1 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,648 | 13.4 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,285 | 10.5 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,529 | 13.7 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,687 | 12.6 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 | 18.3 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 | 18.0 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,719 | 12.6 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,239 | 15.6 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,630 | 20.9 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,084 | 16.3 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 | 19.8 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,157 | 15.1 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,881 | 31.3 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,350 | 50.7 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 | 17.7 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 | 17.4 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,044 | 22.9 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,298 | 18.4 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,519 | 34.1 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 | 20.6 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,754 | 11.8 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,247 | 15.9 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,151 | 16.4 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,015 | 17.6 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,113 | 15.8 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,299 | 13.4 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,730 | 9.9 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,459 | 10.9 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,086 | 7.5 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,486 | 10.3 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,249 | 12.0 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,225 | 6.6 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,769 | 17.5 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,070 | 13.3 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,978 | 14.0 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,920 | 14.4 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,679 | 18.1 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,001 | 7.0 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,257 | 11.2 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 | 12.4 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 | 12.7 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,918 | 7.7 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 | 14.3 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 | 14.3 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,539 | 9.6 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,955 | 14.9 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,203 | 12.2 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,732 | 18.2 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,652 | 19.9 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,000 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,951 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,097 | 14.3 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,424 | 11.5 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,406 | 11.9 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,131 | 14.1 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,941 | 16.0 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,348 | 28.4 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 | 11.6 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,425 | 26.0 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,885 | 17.6 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 | 19.4 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,018 | 15.6 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 | 17.6 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,674 | 20.7 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,683 | 20.8 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 | 20.3 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,360 | 12.5 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,856 | 17.7 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,102 | 14.7 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,997 | 15.7 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 | 19.2 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,739 | 19.3 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,900 | 17.1 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,672 | 20.8 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,356 | 28.7 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,373 | 28.7 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 | 27.7 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,222 | 34.6 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,208 | 35.9 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,514 | 25.1 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,732 | 20.3 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,541 | 24.0 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,489 | 25.4 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,600 | 22.9 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,797 | 18.9 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,106 | 40.0 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,396 | 25.7 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,505 | 23.2 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,589 | 21.0 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,494 | 22.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alethia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alethia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Alethia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alethia, and how old are they?
1,720 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 68% of the 2,521 Americans ever recorded as Alethia. The median Alethia alive today is 49 years old; half are between 28 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 1,623 people named Alethia (1,617 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,748 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 88 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 354 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 310 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 270 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 192 |
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 Alethia born?
The states with the most babies named Alethia are South Carolina, Georgia and New York, with 81% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 216 | not ranked | 5.3× |
| Georgia | 98 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 40 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 26 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 18 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| California | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Virginia | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Alethia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alethia is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 5.3 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 Alethia 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 37,703 babies since 1880, Alethia is the fifth most given (6.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 9 of their 292 babies (3.1%), the fourth 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 Alethia
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 Alethia and names like it
- Compare Alethia and AltheaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sAlethia peaked in 1973.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alethia since 1910.
- The top names of 1973The year the most babies were named Alethia.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Alethia alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with AMost given first.