Baby name

Alea

Girl

Origin of the name

Alea may be a form of the Breton name Aela; other origins have been suggested.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 2000, with 156 births and the No. 1253 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 62%, to about 60 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 2957. 31% of all babies named Alea since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

4,085births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 1253rank at its peak, in 2000

Where babies named Alea are born

2000

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The darker the blue, the more common Alea is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Alea is most common in New York (1.9 times) and California (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Alma 163,723
Alexa 131,551
Lea 33,848
Alta 28,931
Aleah 16,592
Alena 16,014

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