Recorded 2018–2023 Boys' name Peak 2020 32 births

Aalam — boys' name

32 babies named Aalam in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s52020s27
2020s
Peak decade

84% of everyone ever named Aalam was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

11 babies were named Aalam in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aalam

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Aalam between 2018 and 2023, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aalam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aalam performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aalam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aalam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aalam in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 32 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Aalam at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

32

Since 2018

6 years of records

Peak year

2020

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2018

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2023

Aalam popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2018

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2020)
11
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
4681012 2023202120202018 5

Aalam by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
27 births that decade — 84% of Aalam's all-time total
2010s52020s27

Aalam by state

Where Aalam concentrates geographically — total births since 2018

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Aalam
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 15.6%
California share of Aalam's total US births 15.6%

5 of 32 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aalam?
32 babies have been named Aalam since 2018. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2020 with 11 births.
When was Aalam most popular?
Aalam was most popular in the 2020s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Where is Aalam most popular?
The top states for the name Aalam are California (5 births).
How long has the name Aalam been used?
Aalam has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 6 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Aalam?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aalijah, Aaliyah, Aalim, Aaliyan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2018–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.