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.

Alethea

#2,487 most common girls' name of all time · #4,228 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1892–2025

Rank among girls
#2,487
Rank overall
#4,228 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
4,968
Since 2016
574
Peak year
1973 #523
Best rank
#523 1973
Girls Boys peak 322/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Alethea first appears in 1892. 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
2025 54 — 54 #3,034
2024 65 — 65 #2,664
2023 74 — 74 #2,417
2022 80 — 80 #2,323
2021 81 — 81 #2,269
2020 62 — 62 #2,687
2019 51 — 51 #3,135
2018 29 — 29 #4,677
2017 50 — 50 #3,198
2016 28 — 28 #4,862
2015 40 — 40 #3,777
2014 36 — 36 #4,108
2013 40 — 40 #3,784
2012 28 — 28 #4,977
2011 33 — 33 #4,364
2010 25 — 25 #5,430
2009 26 — 26 #5,392
2008 28 — 28 #5,159
2007 34 — 34 #4,383
2006 26 — 26 #5,250
2005 27 — 27 #4,840
2004 34 — 34 #4,101
2003 38 — 38 #3,665
2002 26 — 26 #4,633
2001 34 — 34 #3,793
2000 31 — 31 #3,996
1999 23 — 23 #4,731
1998 22 — 22 #4,812
1997 24 — 24 #4,383
1996 21 — 21 #4,753
1995 25 — 25 #4,118
1994 36 — 36 #3,179
1993 26 — 26 #3,999
1992 34 — 34 #3,278
1991 34 — 34 #3,220
1990 41 — 41 #2,805
1989 48 — 48 #2,411
1988 36 — 36 #2,878
1987 54 — 54 #2,047
1986 31 — 31 #2,981
1985 43 — 43 #2,321
1984 42 — 42 #2,306
1983 54 — 54 #1,910
1982 77 — 77 #1,534
1981 72 — 72 #1,617
1980 76 — 76 #1,545
1979 68 — 68 #1,647
1978 88 — 88 #1,351
1977 79 — 79 #1,418
1976 99 — 99 #1,165
1975 101 — 101 #1,148
1974 201 — 201 #716
1973 322 — 322 #523
1972 66 — 66 #1,460
1971 104 — 104 #1,128
1970 87 — 87 #1,263
1969 75 — 75 #1,308
1968 99 — 99 #1,058
1967 52 — 52 #1,562
1966 42 — 42 #1,745
1965 65 — 65 #1,372
1964 51 — 51 #1,597
1963 67 — 67 #1,354
1962 74 — 74 #1,287
1961 71 — 71 #1,321
1960 84 — 84 #1,189
1959 59 — 59 #1,398
1958 45 — 45 #1,593
1957 46 — 46 #1,599
1956 56 — 56 #1,401
1955 58 — 58 #1,325
1954 47 — 47 #1,470
1953 37 — 37 #1,631
1952 43 — 43 #1,475
1951 39 — 39 #1,518
1950 34 — 34 #1,611
1949 26 — 26 #1,892
1948 26 — 26 #1,872
1947 15 — 15 #2,678
1946 14 — 14 #2,646
1945 12 — 12 #2,642
1944 21 — 21 #1,889
1943 14 — 14 #2,488
1942 20 — 20 #1,943
1941 11 — 11 #2,719
1940 13 — 13 #2,346
1939 10 — 10 #2,796
1938 13 — 13 #2,380
1937 14 — 14 #2,235
1936 11 — 11 #2,574
1935 10 — 10 #2,793
1934 6 — 6 #3,888
1933 19 — 19 #1,799
1932 7 — 7 #3,637
1931 8 — 8 #3,295
1930 10 — 10 #2,909
1929 8 — 8 #3,465
1928 21 — 21 #1,862
1927 11 — 11 #2,913
1926 25 — 25 #1,693
1925 17 — 17 #2,224
1924 26 — 26 #1,701
1923 17 — 17 #2,211
1922 33 — 33 #1,417
1921 23 — 23 #1,842
1920 33 — 33 #1,397
1919 18 — 18 #2,027
1918 15 — 15 #2,326
1917 21 — 21 #1,741
1916 23 — 23 #1,611
1915 22 — 22 #1,603
1914 13 — 13 #1,952
1913 16 — 16 #1,505
1912 10 — 10 #1,908
1911 7 — 7 #2,073
1910 9 — 9 #1,722
1909 7 — 7 #1,862
1908 6 — 6 #1,978
1907 6 — 6 #1,945
1904 6 — 6 #1,778
1903 6 — 6 #1,725
1902 6 — 6 #1,717
1899 5 — 5 #1,747
1897 5 — 5 #1,703
1896 5 — 5 #1,735
1893 5 — 5 #1,590
1892 5 — 5 #1,607