Aletta comes from the Germanic tradition, meaning Noble / little wing.
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How popular is Aletta?
1935peak year
The name Aletta reached its peak in 1935, with 37 registrations (ranked #1165). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1892, roughly 43 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #6427) today, averaging about 20 new babies per year. Aletta has been trending upward in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 1,089 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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