girls:
2.5k births since 1894
#3465 (39th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1894
#5337 (31st percentile)
The name Alethia is the #5,337 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,501 recorded births since 1894. This represents the 31.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,465 (39.4% percentile) for all time with 2,501 births since 1894.
Alethia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1894 (first recorded for girls in 1894). Birth data for Alethia is available in 127 out of the 130 years between 1894 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, Alethia reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #671) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 48 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Alethia ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 19.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alethia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Alethia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Alethea" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Alethea..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Alethia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.7% confident that Alethia is pronounced as uh-LEE-thee-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEH-thee-uh, at 27.3% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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