# Alethea (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alethea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌæləˈθiːə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,968 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,968 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 327, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,361 |
| 2012 | 28 | 4,969 |
| 2013 | 40 | 3,785 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,107 |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,772 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,858 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,192 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,669 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,131 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,683 |
| 2021 | 81 | 2,268 |
| 2022 | 80 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,415 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,661 |
| 2025 | 54 | 3,030 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Alethea

- Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Canadian filmmaker (born 1978)
- Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel, English noble and art patron

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.