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Alethia

100% girls · 9 born in 2025

Alethia has been given to about 2,521 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1973, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 1,843
Median age today51 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Alethia per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1973 · 74
  • Born in 20259
  • All time2,521

How popular is Alethia?

Its best year was 1973, when 74 babies were given the name, ranking 1350th. The typical living American called Alethia is about 51 years old today.

Names that sound like Alethia

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Alexia0.79
  2. Aletha0.80
  3. Alethea0.80
  4. Alecia0.79
  5. Alessia0.79
  6. Alesia0.79
  7. Valencia0.72
  8. Lakeshia0.72

Middle names for Alethia

Ranked by flow score
  1. Alethia Rose0.89
  2. Alethia Louise0.89
  3. Alethia June0.88
  4. Alethia Pearl0.88
  5. Alethia Quinn0.88
  6. Alethia Nell0.88

Sibling names for Alethia

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Georginasister · 0.84
  2. Thaddeusbrother · 0.83
  3. Santosbrother · 0.82
  4. Barronbrother · 0.81
  5. Laurelsister · 0.76
  6. Frankieeither · 0.75

Where Alethia is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Alethia White0.84
    2. Alethia Reyes0.84
    3. Alethia Nguyen0.84
    4. Alethia Moore0.84
    5. Alethia Lee0.84
    6. Alethia Hill0.84

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Alethia

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.