Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Aleta isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,446
- 0 boys · 6,446 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 262 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,044 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,044 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 262 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,691 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aleta’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aleta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Aleta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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