Unisex name · since 1988
Alham
Alham has 5 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #62,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Alham sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 5 recorded since 1988.
Alham has 5 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1988.
- #62,450 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 5 born since 1988
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alham ranks #62,450 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1988, peaking in the 1980s.
- #62,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Alham's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alham popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Alham popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Alham as boys' name)
Alham by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Alham's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Alham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1988–1988 (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 Alham 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.