How rare is the name Aleta?

4,691 people in the United States have the first name Aleta, about 1 in 64,385. It ranks #4,107 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALETA

#4,107

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,691
About
1 in 64,385
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,691 people named Aleta, 71.2% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Black and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aleta peaked in 1947, when 262 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18922025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
262
In 2025*
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,446 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aleta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,314. The largest share of babies named Aleta, 46%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#2,33641
1900s#2,34568
1910s#2,172281
1920s#2,218407
1930s#2,223357
1940s#1,3141,116
1950s#1,3701,492
1960s#1,6601,163
1970s#2,624605
1980s#3,918407
1990s#7,778212
2000s#14,220123
2010s#15,211117
2020s#16,70557
Before 19010.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.6%
Baby boom 1946–6446%
Generation X 1965–8017.9%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–123.4%
2013 and later2.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aleta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aleta has been most common in California (2.1×), Michigan (2×), and Virginia (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.6×).

2,515 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Aleta

1 other first name also has 4,691 people.

#4,107 Elsy · 4,691

Either side of Aleta

#4,105 Jenn · 4,695#4,106 Gentry · 4,693#4,107 Elsy · 4,691#4,109 Jovanni · 4,690

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aleta, most common first.

#3,386 Alta · 6,240#5,221 Aletha · 3,329#8,139 Alita · 1,797#15,635 Aletta · 733#17,112 Aleda · 650#39,915 Aleeta · 188#43,502 Aletia · 162#49,173 Alleta · 127

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