Boys' name · since 1996
Aalim
Aalim has 70 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,563 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aalim is the #8563 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 70 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Aalim recorded 70 times among boys since 1996, holding rank #8563 nationally today, ahead of 39% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #19,780 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,563 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aalim ranks #19,780 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,563 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 70 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,563 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aalim's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aalim compares
70 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aalim's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aalim | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aalim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aalim's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aalim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Aalim by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Aalim's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Aalim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (51% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aalim draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.