Boys' name · since 1979
Alamin
Alamin has 173 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,842 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,431 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
173 babies have been named Alamin since 1979, making it today's #12431 boys' name.
Alamin has 173 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12431 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #13,842 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,431 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 173 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alamin ranks #13,842 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,431 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 173 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,842 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,431 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alamin's 173 recorded births place it above 69.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alamin compares
173 35th 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
Alamin's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alamin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 173 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alamin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alamin's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alamin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #12431 among boys.
173 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 12 births in a single year.
Alamin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (57 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Alamin's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Alamin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 57 births (33% of all-time use).
Alamin decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Alamin's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alamin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
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, 1979–2025 (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 Alamin 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.
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