girl's name

Aletheia

  • Origin Romance
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 997

Aletheia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 58 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Aletheia is a name of Romance origin.
  • Peaked in 2020, when 66 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 57,162 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Aletheia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s 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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Births named Aletheia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 35
1980s 42
1990s 21
2000s 112
2010s 352
2020s (to 2025) 328

How popular is Aletheia?

In 2025, Aletheia was given to 58 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Aletheia is used

England & Wales #2,829 9 in 2025
United States #2,897 58 in 2025
Canada #3,569 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Aletheia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aletheia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aletheia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Aletheia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aletheia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aletheia

How popular is the name Aletheia?

In 2025, Aletheia was given to 58 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Aletheia a girl's or a boy's name?

Aletheia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Aletheia most popular?

Aletheia peaked in 2020, when 66 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Aletheia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aletheia currently ranks #2,829 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.