Alea
Alea is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alea
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alea is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Alea
The earliest SSA record of Alea as a baby girl name dates back to 1961, when 5 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 156 newborns named Alea — #1,254 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Alea on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alea ranks #3,125 for baby girls with 51 births, gradually falling (-10%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Alea
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Alea. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Alea
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About the name Alea
Alea is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Alea's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #1,229. Use the chart and map above to compare Alea's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.