Girls' name · since 1973
Alithea
89 babies named Alithea in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alithea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 89 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Alithea recorded 89 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 2024.
- #28,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alithea ranks #28,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alithea's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alithea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alithea's full recorded timeline at 2000, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alithea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Alithea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Alithea's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Alithea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Alithea's decade-level peak was the 2010s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alithea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1973–2024 (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 Alithea 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.