Alethia
Alethia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197374 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1894
- 2,512people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,512 girls have been named Alethia in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1973, with 74 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1970s alone account for 14%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alethia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | |
| 1900s | 75 | |
| 1910s | 158 | |
| 1920s | 218 | |
| 1930s | 177 | |
| 1940s | 167 | |
| 1950s | 237 | |
| 1960s | 312 | |
| 1970s | 349 | |
| 1980s | 232 | |
| 1990s | 155 | |
| 2000s | 165 | |
| 2010s | 169 | |
| 2020s | 76 |
In 1973, its biggest year
Alethia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1973 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Kimberly and Lisa. See all of 1973.
Names that rose and fell with Alethia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lorinapeak 1986
- Leonorpeak 2024
- Imeldapeak 1978
- Felicitapeak 1964
- Antoninapeak 1915
- Reapeak 1958
- Franciscapeak 1928
- Angelitapeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.