Alathea comes from the ModernAmerican / InventedVariant tradition, meaning "Truthful; honest; sincere; reliable.".
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How popular is Alathea?
2015peak year
Alathea has an uneven popularity history in U.S. records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #13495), with about 6 babies named Alathea each year. In 2015, 9 babies received the name (ranked #10912). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 59.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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