Meaning and history
Alethea is a name derived from the Greek ἀλήθεια (aletheia), meaning “truth,” and it was coined in the 16th century.
20062006: 26 births, rank #5,233
2007: 34 births, rank #4,380
2008: 28 births, rank #5,142
2009: 26 births, rank #5,378
2010: 25 births, rank #5,414
20112011: 33 births, rank #4,353
2012: 28 births, rank #4,957
2013: 40 births, rank #3,778
2014: 36 births, rank #4,103
2015: 40 births, rank #3,767
20162016: 28 births, rank #4,850
2017: 50 births, rank #3,192
2018: 29 births, rank #4,662
2019: 51 births, rank #3,130
2020: 62 births, rank #2,682
20212021: 81 births, rank #2,266
2022: 80 births, rank #2,319
2023: 74 births, rank #2,415
2024: 65 births, rank #2,661
20252025: 54 births, rank #3,028
Alethea moved from #522 to #716 for girls between 1973 and 1974. Its highest annual birth count came in 1973, with 322 births.