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.

Aletta

#6,557 most common girls' name of all time · #11,062 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1892–2025

Rank among girls
#6,557
Rank overall
#11,062 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
1,111
Since 2016
210
Peak year
1935 #1,172
Best rank
#1,172 1935
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Aletta 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 22 22 #5,568
2024 35 35 #4,122
2023 18 18 #6,424
2022 26 26 #5,044
2021 22 22 #5,585
2020 14 14 #7,584
2019 17 17 #6,721
2018 14 14 #7,783
2017 25 25 #5,200
2016 17 17 #6,923
2015 12 12 #8,963
2014 11 11 #9,546
2013 12 12 #9,061
2012 13 13 #8,653
2011 7 7 #13,404
2010 14 14 #8,288
2009 9 9 #11,502
2008 7 7 #13,886
2007 5 5 #17,725
2005 7 7 #13,064
1997 6 6 #12,153
1994 5 5 #13,518
1991 5 5 #13,256
1988 5 5 #11,902
1987 7 7 #8,846
1985 6 6 #9,400
1984 5 5 #10,508
1982 8 8 #7,524
1981 11 11 #5,929
1980 9 9 #6,842
1979 11 11 #5,802
1978 8 8 #7,013
1977 14 14 #4,681
1975 15 15 #4,181
1974 7 7 #6,974
1973 9 9 #5,635
1972 12 12 #4,551
1971 7 7 #6,706
1970 17 17 #3,597
1969 15 15 #3,644
1968 6 6 #6,333
1966 11 11 #3,999
1965 10 10 #4,254
1964 11 11 #4,143
1963 8 8 #4,952
1962 6 6 #5,956
1961 7 7 #5,371
1960 7 7 #5,242
1959 7 7 #5,100
1958 8 8 #4,577
1957 8 8 #4,603
1956 10 10 #3,955
1955 5 5 #5,968
1954 7 7 #4,735
1953 17 17 #2,624
1952 15 15 #2,828
1951 7 7 #4,458
1950 15 15 #2,692
1949 12 12 #3,047
1948 20 20 #2,207
1947 12 12 #3,120
1946 12 12 #2,922
1945 13 13 #2,502
1944 9 9 #3,200
1943 9 9 #3,319
1942 16 16 #2,246
1941 12 12 #2,580
1940 7 7 #3,592
1939 11 11 #2,636
1938 11 11 #2,628
1937 13 13 #2,369
1936 28 28 #1,396
1935 37 37 #1,172
1934 5 5 #4,394
1933 10 10 #2,741
1932 8 8 #3,348
1931 6 6 #3,928
1930 10 10 #2,910
1929 6 6 #4,166
1928 6 6 #4,297
1927 12 12 #2,758
1926 12 12 #2,756
1925 15 15 #2,419
1924 8 8 #3,740
1923 15 15 #2,402
1922 9 9 #3,438
1921 11 11 #3,015
1920 11 11 #2,962
1919 13 13 #2,565
1918 17 17 #2,158
1917 9 9 #3,163
1916 7 7 #3,635
1915 8 8 #3,216
1914 7 7 #2,978
1912 5 5 #3,089
1904 5 5 #2,014
1899 5 5 #1,748
1897 5 5 #1,704
1896 5 5 #1,736
1892 5 5 #1,608