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Alethea

Girl's name · #3030 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Alethea's best rank, #522, came in 1973; it has stepped well back to #3030 today. Roughly 5,000 girls have been named Alethea since 1892.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,788 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,044 in Canada (2025) · #5,066 in Ecuador (2021) · #1,972 in Austria (2018) · #808 in Scotland (2017).

Famous Aletheas

• Alethea Arnaquq-Baril — Canadian Inuk filmmaker (born 1978)
• Alethea Jones — Australian director
• Alethea McGrath — Australian actress (1920–2016)
• Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel — English noble and art patron (1585–1654)
• Alethea Charlton — British actress (1931–1976)

What Aletheas become

Among 18 notable people named Alethea:

Entertainers appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Canadian Inuk filmmaker (born 1978).

Similar names: Lainie · Alex · Letty · Echo · Katy · Sandy

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