Alem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alem

The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Alem between 1987 and 2025, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alem 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 242 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.