Girl
Aletha
As a girl's name, Aletha traces back to Greek, where it is understood to mean "Greek aletheia, truth". It was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a rare find in the registry. 1923 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EtymologyVariant of Alethea
GreekGreek "aletheia" – "truth"
Births by decade
1900s
276
1910s
819
1920s
1,131
1930s
686
1940s
592
1950s
879
1960s
866
1970s
681
1980s
380
1990s
186
2000s
128
2010s
49
Peaked in the 1920s · 6,673 total U.S. births since 1900