girl's name
Alea
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 4,782
Alea is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 56 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2000, when 156 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 59,203 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1961.
Alea over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 31 |
| 1970s | 162 |
| 1980s | 459 |
| 1990s | 1,040 |
| 2000s | 1,254 |
| 2010s | 784 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 355 |
How popular is Alea?
In 2025, Alea was given to 56 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Alea is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Alea is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Aléa | Aléa is a rare spelling of Alea, written with an acute accent and recorded about 45 times, mostly in France. | 45 |
Names that peaked alongside Alea
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Alea also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alea over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Alea
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alea — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Alea
How popular is the name Alea?
In 2025, Alea was given to 56 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Alea a girl's or a boy's name?
Alea is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Alea most popular?
Alea peaked in 2000, when 156 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Alea a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alea currently ranks #1,655 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.