Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Aletha

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Aletha
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

145

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

94.5%

2024

All-time

6,948

Aletha has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 145 girls were named Aletha.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 94.5% from its peak.

All told, about 6,948 Americans have been named Aletha and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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