Aletta — #4108 US girls' name
1,089 babies named Aletta in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
13% of everyone ever named Aletta was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Aletta in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aletta
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,089 babies named Aletta between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aletta currently holds the #4108 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aletta performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Aletta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Aletta in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aletta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,089 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aletta at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1892
- Peak year (1935)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
Currently ranks #4108 among girls.
1,089 total births across 133 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 37 births in a single year.
Aletta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 142 births that decade — 13% of Aletta's all-time total
Aletta decade highlights
- Peak decade 142 births
- Runner-up 139 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aletta's strongest decade
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Aletta by state
Where Aletta concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 7 | 0.6% |
11 of 1,089 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 1.0% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.7% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1892–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.