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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Aletha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 141 recorded years as a table

Aletha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1881	54
1883	53
1884	78
1885	60
1886	83
1887	62
1888	50
1889	84
1890	37
1891	65
1892	61
1893	52
1894	81
1895	60
1896	80
1897	107
1898	73
1899	94
1900	83
1901	104
1902	76
1903	80
1904	116
1905	99
1906	115
1907	78
1908	84
1909	107
1910	96
1911	96
1912	93
1913	106
1914	102
1915	92
1916	106
1917	92
1918	98
1919	115
1920	116
1921	110
1922	118
1923	120
1924	110
1925	85
1926	80
1927	73
1928	62
1929	68
1930	60
1931	68
1932	71
1933	85
1934	67
1935	62
1936	51
1937	70
1938	57
1939	55
1940	42
1941	50
1942	41
1943	39
1944	32
1945	41
1946	38
1947	37
1948	42
1949	46
1950	37
1951	43
1952	44
1953	51
1954	46
1955	57
1956	46
1957	43
1958	49
1959	40
1960	38
1961	42
1962	43
1963	51
1964	44
1965	50
1966	55
1967	44
1968	58
1969	52
1970	50
1971	46
1972	43
1973	55
1974	59
1975	36
1976	34
1977	48
1978	36
1979	34
1980	32
1981	32
1982	32
1983	21
1984	28
1985	23
1986	20
1987	13
1988	12
1989	10
1990	12
1991	17
1992	12
1993	8
1994	9
1995	8
1996	10
1997	9
1998	8
1999	10
2000	10
2001	8
2002	8
2003	8
2004	6
2005	5
2006	4
2007	5
2008	6
2009	9
2011	6
2012	5
2013	4
2014	3
2015	3
2016	3
2017	3
2019	6
2020	4
2021	4
2022	3
2023	3
2024	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Aletha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024: 8
Rank in 2024: #11,122
How rare: 1 in 202,523 girls
Since 1881: 6,948

Aletha was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1923, at 120 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Aletha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.