Alethia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LEE-thee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Alethia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “truth”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Alethia mean?
Greek: spelling of Alethea, from Greek aletheia
“truth”
A spelling of Alethea, from Greek aletheia 'truth'; Alethea was already in use among English gentry by the early 1600s.
Is Alethia a girl's or a boy's name?
Alethia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alethia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Alethia, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 74 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
2025 had fewer girls named Alethia than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Alethia in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alethia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,519 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,768 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,070 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,977 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,920 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,347 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,424 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,884 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,017 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,672 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
Names like Alethia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Alethia
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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, “Alethia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alethia, updated 20 October 2026.