Girls' name · since 1962
Alette
Alette has 120 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alette is the #13463 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 120 recorded since 1962.
Social Security Administration records show Alette recorded 120 times among girls since 1962, holding rank #13463 nationally today, ahead of 22% 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 1962 to 2025.
- #25,076 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,463 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 1962
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alette ranks #25,076 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,463 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 120 born since 1962, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alette's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alette compares
120 28th percentile among 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
Alette's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alette's full recorded timeline at 2015, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Alette by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Alette's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Alette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alette's data
- Alette's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Alette 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.