Given name
Alethia
“one who is truthful”
Alethia is a variant of Alethea. One Greek interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alethia is a variant of Alethea. One Greek interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alethia is a variant of Alethea. An origin associated with Alethea is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alethia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,521
- 0 boys · 2,521 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 74 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,142 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,142 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 74 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,623 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.
Alethia’s family of names
Alethia has a related form in Alethea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alethia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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