The first name Aletta
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From a Middle Low German diminutive form of Adelheid, related to English Adelaide and Alice.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 4 girls were named Aletta, making it the 4,867th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2013, with 5 births (#4,050).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Aletta with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Aletta at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 22 girls born in the United States were named Aletta, the 5,565th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1935, when 37 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Aletta in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Aletta in Dutch too.
Famous people named Aletta
4 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Aletta JacobsDutch physician and feminist, editor (1854–1929)
- Aletta van ManenField hockey player, born 1958
- Aletta JorritsmaDutch rower, born 1989
- Marileen DogteromDutch biophysicist, born 1967
Questions
- What does the name Aletta mean?
- From a Middle Low German diminutive form of Adelheid, related to English Adelaide and Alice.
- How popular is the name Aletta?
- In 2025, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Aletta, ranking 4,867th. Its peak was 2013, with 5 births.
- Is Aletta a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,111 US babies named Aletta since 1880 were girls.
- When was Aletta most popular?
- 1935 in the United States, when 37 babies were named Aletta, its highest rank at 1,165th.