How Many People Are Named Alem?
people named Alem are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,430,062 people in the US has this name
Based on 242 babies named Alem in Social Security records from 1987 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Bosnian form of ALIM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alem in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alem alive today is about 14 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alem first appears in the records in 1987 and was given most often in 2006, to 16 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1987 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alem has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,307, in 2006. In 2025 it ranked #7,210.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,210 |
| Best rank | #5,307 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,373 in the 2010s |
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