Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Aletha

#2,019 most common girls' name of all time · #3,445 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1881–2024

Rank among girls
#2,019
Rank overall
#3,445 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
141 of 146
All-time
6,948
Since 2016
53
Peak year
1923 #606
Best rank
#604 1920
Girls Boys peak 145/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Aletha first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 8 — 8 #11,148
2023 5 — 5 #15,234
2022 5 — 5 #15,353
2021 7 — 7 #12,230
2020 6 — 6 #13,487
2019 10 — 10 #9,762
2017 6 — 6 #14,158
2016 6 — 6 #14,376
2015 5 — 5 #16,464
2014 5 — 5 #16,573
2013 7 — 7 #13,180
2012 9 — 9 #11,277
2011 11 — 11 #9,736
2009 16 — 16 #7,691
2008 12 — 12 #9,491
2007 10 — 10 #10,836
2006 8 — 8 #12,438
2005 9 — 9 #10,940
2004 11 — 11 #9,286
2003 14 — 14 #7,592
2002 14 — 14 #7,454
2001 15 — 15 #6,968
2000 19 — 19 #5,714
1999 18 — 18 #5,672
1998 14 — 14 #6,735
1997 15 — 15 #6,179
1996 18 — 18 #5,291
1995 14 — 14 #6,276
1994 16 — 16 #5,739
1993 14 — 14 #6,283
1992 23 — 23 #4,388
1991 32 — 32 #3,369
1990 22 — 22 #4,390
1989 19 — 19 #4,679
1988 21 — 21 #4,187
1987 23 — 23 #3,753
1986 34 — 34 #2,782
1985 40 — 40 #2,443
1984 47 — 47 #2,115
1983 35 — 35 #2,559
1982 54 — 54 #1,950
1981 54 — 54 #1,962
1980 53 — 53 #1,987
1979 54 — 54 #1,922
1978 55 — 55 #1,825
1977 73 — 73 #1,499
1976 50 — 50 #1,844
1975 52 — 52 #1,783
1974 86 — 86 #1,262
1973 80 — 80 #1,286
1972 66 — 66 #1,459
1971 76 — 76 #1,392
1970 88 — 88 #1,260
1969 87 — 87 #1,194
1968 95 — 95 #1,092
1967 73 — 73 #1,258
1966 93 — 93 #1,088
1965 89 — 89 #1,122
1964 84 — 84 #1,205
1963 99 — 99 #1,090
1962 85 — 85 #1,194
1961 85 — 85 #1,200
1960 77 — 77 #1,249
1959 80 — 80 #1,194
1958 99 — 99 #1,053
1957 87 — 87 #1,128
1956 92 — 92 #1,067
1955 112 — 112 #929
1954 90 — 90 #1,034
1953 96 — 96 #978
1952 82 — 82 #1,042
1951 78 — 78 #1,052
1950 63 — 63 #1,163
1949 79 — 79 #1,013
1948 71 — 71 #1,050
1947 66 — 66 #1,098
1946 59 — 59 #1,109
1945 54 — 54 #1,067
1944 43 — 43 #1,209
1943 55 — 55 #1,081
1942 56 — 56 #1,049
1941 61 — 61 #943
1940 48 — 48 #1,037
1939 60 — 60 #909
1938 63 — 63 #895
1937 74 — 74 #798
1936 53 — 53 #945
1935 65 — 65 #856
1934 70 — 70 #806
1933 86 — 86 #701
1932 76 — 76 #780
1931 72 — 72 #798
1930 67 — 67 #884
1929 76 — 76 #812
1928 71 — 71 #866
1927 87 — 87 #779
1926 95 — 95 #741
1925 103 — 103 #726
1924 137 — 137 #640
1923 145 — 145 #606
1922 142 — 142 #611
1921 136 — 136 #633
1920 139 — 139 #604
1919 130 — 130 #615
1918 113 — 113 #674
1917 100 — 100 #689
1916 111 — 111 #645
1915 91 — 91 #697
1914 78 — 78 #659
1913 66 — 66 #642
1912 52 — 52 #701
1911 40 — 40 #694
1910 38 — 38 #694
1909 37 — 37 #659
1908 28 — 28 #735
1907 25 — 25 #754
1906 34 — 34 #615
1905 29 — 29 #660
1904 32 — 32 #609
1903 21 — 21 #753
1902 20 — 20 #782
1901 25 — 25 #639
1900 25 — 25 #733
1899 22 — 22 #676
1898 19 — 19 #781
1897 25 — 25 #625
1896 19 — 19 #742
1895 14 — 14 #875
1894 18 — 18 #712
1893 11 — 11 #928
1892 13 — 13 #848
1891 12 — 12 #814
1890 7 — 7 #1,133
1889 15 — 15 #678
1888 9 — 9 #926
1887 9 — 9 #830
1886 12 — 12 #686
1885 8 — 8 #822
1884 10 — 10 #720
1883 6 — 6 #875
1881 5 — 5 #889