girls:
4.8k births since 1892
#2439 (57th percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1892
#3919 (49th percentile)
The name Alethea is the #3,919 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,847 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 49.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,439 (57.3% percentile) for all time with 4,847 births since 1892.
Alethea first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (first recorded for girls in 1892). Birth data for Alethea is available in 125 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Alethea reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 38.2% percentile (ranked #458) with 207 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 207 births per million (ranked 38.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Alethea ranks #878 for girls (7.3% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 20.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alethea".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Alethea. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.0% confident that Alethea is pronounced as uh-LEE-thee-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-luh-THEE-uh, at 17.9% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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