# Aletta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aletta/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,111 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,111 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a Middle Low German diminutive form of Adelheid, related to English Adelaide and Alice.

## 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 | 7 | 13,422 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,654 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,554 |
| 2015 | 12 | 8,968 |
| 2016 | 17 | 6,917 |
| 2017 | 25 | 5,196 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,781 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,715 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,573 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,584 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,033 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,419 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,119 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,565 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Dutch: Aletta
- Norwegian: Alette

## People named Aletta

- Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and feminist, editor (1854–1929)
- Aletta van Manen, field hockey player
- Aletta Jorritsma, Dutch rower
- Marileen Dogterom, Dutch biophysicist

## 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.