Aletha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-tha
- Origin
- Greek
Aletha is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “truth”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aletha mean?
Greek: variant of Alethea
“truth”
A form of Alethea, from Greek aletheia, 'truth', a name used in England since the 17th century.
Is Aletha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aletha is a girls' name.
How popular is Aletha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1923, with 145 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Aletha in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aletha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,551 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,950 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,958 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,824 |
| 1977 | 73 | #1,498 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 86 | #1,260 |
| 1973 | 80 | #1,286 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,456 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 88 | #1,259 |
| 1969 | 87 | #1,193 |
| 1968 | 95 | #1,090 |
| 1967 | 73 | #1,255 |
| 1966 | 93 | #1,087 |
| 1965 | 89 | #1,122 |
| 1964 | 84 | #1,204 |
| 1963 | 99 | #1,087 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,192 |
| 1961 | 85 | #1,198 |
| 1960 | 77 | #1,247 |
| 1959 | 80 | #1,191 |
| 1958 | 99 | #1,050 |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,123 |
| 1956 | 92 | #1,065 |
| 1955 | 112 | #928 |
| 1954 | 90 | #1,032 |
| 1953 | 96 | #973 |
| 1952 | 82 | #1,038 |
| 1951 | 78 | #1,049 |
| 1950 | 63 | #1,160 |
| 1949 | 79 | #1,011 |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,048 |
| 1947 | 66 | #1,096 |
| 1946 | 59 | #1,106 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,060 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,204 |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,076 |
| 1942 | 56 | #1,046 |
| 1941 | 61 | #942 |
| 1940 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1939 | 60 | #903 |
| 1938 | 63 | #890 |
| 1937 | 74 | #796 |
| 1936 | 53 | #941 |
| 1935 | 65 | #855 |
| 1934 | 70 | #804 |
| 1933 | 86 | #701 |
| 1932 | 76 | #775 |
| 1931 | 72 | #797 |
| 1930 | 67 | #880 |
| 1929 | 76 | #809 |
| 1928 | 71 | #862 |
| 1927 | 87 | #776 |
| 1926 | 95 | #741 |
| 1925 | 103 | #725 |
| 1924 | 137 | #639 |
| 1923 | 145 | #603 |
| 1922 | 142 | #609 |
| 1921 | 136 | #632 |
| 1920 | 139 | #604 |
| 1919 | 130 | #614 |
| 1918 | 113 | #671 |
| 1917 | 100 | #686 |
| 1916 | 111 | #641 |
| 1915 | 91 | #696 |
| 1914 | 78 | #656 |
| 1913 | 66 | #637 |
| 1912 | 52 | #697 |
| 1911 | 40 | #686 |
| 1910 | 38 | #691 |
| 1909 | 37 | #644 |
| 1908 | 28 | #729 |
| 1907 | 25 | #749 |
| 1906 | 34 | #611 |
| 1905 | 29 | #656 |
| 1904 | 32 | #600 |
| 1903 | 21 | #734 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 25 | #630 |
| 1900 | 25 | #725 |
| 1899 | 22 | #664 |
| 1898 | 19 | #768 |
| 1897 | 25 | #615 |
| 1896 | 19 | #728 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 18 | #697 |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 13 | #830 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 15 | #657 |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 |
| 1885 | 8 | #793 |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
Names like Aletha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leona Loretta Alma Margaret Catherine Dorothy Agatha Ada Lena Martha Althea Estella
Names related to Aletha
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Aletha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aletha, updated 20 October 2026.