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Aleta

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-LET-a
US rank, 2025
#14,937 for girls

Aleta is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).

What does Aleta mean?

Perhaps a short form of Alethea, or a Spanish diminutive

Aleta, Queen of the Misty Isles, is the wife of the hero in Hal Foster's comic strip Prince Valiant.

Is Aleta a girl's or a boy's name?

Aleta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aleta in the US?

Rank in 2025
#14,937among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 320,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Aleta, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 262 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.

2025 had fewer girls named Aleta than any year since 1903.

Half of all the girls named Aleta in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.

1892Busiest: 262 in 19472025
Aleta in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#14,937
20249#10,266
20238#11,164
202211#9,050
202111#8,973
202013#7,964
201910#9,730
201810#9,801
20177#12,709
201611#9,408
201514#8,004
201414#8,050
201313#8,575
201217#7,140
201111#9,719
201010#10,446
20099#11,454
200816#7,738
20079#11,626
200611#9,897
200510#10,123
200416#7,072
200312#8,500
20029#10,240
200115#6,951
200016#6,481
199917#5,890
199817#5,794
199721#4,815
199624#4,301
199522#4,513
199424#4,233
199315#5,949
199226#3,962
199122#4,491
199024#4,115
198927#3,667
198829#3,301
198734#2,850
198635#2,723
198532#2,859
198441#2,339
198336#2,515
198237#2,532
198181#1,490
198055#1,936
197948#2,088
197855#1,824
197762#1,682
197642#2,060
197562#1,586
197455#1,667
197364#1,478
197261#1,526
197192#1,221
197064#1,526
196974#1,317
196869#1,334
196794#1,071
1966121#918
1965139#846
1964117#982
1963140#887
1962122#960
1961146#888
1960141#874
195996#1,086
1958106#1,006
1957114#969
1956153#801
1955162#745
1954205#638
1953166#710
1952164#698
1951143#727
1950183#624
1949145#701
1948227#550
1947262#511
1946171#606
1945102#737
194438#1,292
194352#1,112
194256#1,046
194140#1,184
194023#1,635
193933#1,291
193838#1,182
193742#1,099
193647#1,003
193537#1,162
193435#1,205
193337#1,158
193227#1,448
193138#1,163
193023#1,660
192934#1,281
192847#1,097
192741#1,213
192629#1,513
192540#1,225
192435#1,382
192348#1,101
192251#1,059
192137#1,276
192045#1,119
191941#1,155
191840#1,184
191736#1,205
191641#1,100
191537#1,115
191428#1,147
191318#1,358
191217#1,297
191116#1,113
19107#1,935
19098#1,607
190812#1,203
19076#1,820
19069#1,321
19056#1,695
190413#1,001
19030–
19020–
19015#1,678
19009#1,318
18995#1,595
18988#1,263
18978#1,167
18960–
18957#1,299
18948#1,136
18930–
18925#1,450

Names like Aleta

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Loretta Regina Anita Ramona Sylvia Barbara Priscilla Teresa Rebecca Linda Angela Martha

Names related to Aleta

Althea Alita Alethea Alta Aletta Alethia Aelita Alette

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Aleta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleta, updated 20 October 2026.