Aletheia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-thee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Aletheia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “truth”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Aletheia mean?
Greek
“truth”
Aletheia is the Greek word for truth; in Greek myth it was also the personified spirit of truth.
Is Aletheia a girl's or a boy's name?
Aletheia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aletheia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Aletheia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aletheia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Aletheia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Alethea 9
- Aletheia 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Aletheia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Aletheia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,895th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Aletheia, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,580th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Aletheia in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 112 girls in the US were given Aletheia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,566, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.
- Aletheia 58
- Alethea 54
Aletheia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,580 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Aletheia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Lyra, Athena, Aria, Ariella, Emilia, Amelia, Eliana, Thea, Alessia, Isla, Freya
Other spellings of Aletheia
Names related to Aletheia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Aletheia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aletheia, updated 20 October 2026.