Boys' name · since 1970
Alim
840 babies named Alim in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,988 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
840 babies have been named Alim since 1970, making it today's #3988 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Alim recorded 840 times among boys since 1970, holding rank #3988 nationally today, ahead of 71% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #5,732 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,988 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 840 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alim ranks #5,732 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,988 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 840 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,988 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 840
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alim's 840 recorded births place it above 87.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Alim compares
840 Top 34% higher than 66% of 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
Alim's all-time total is 128% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alim | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 840 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alim's full recorded timeline at 2000, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Alim by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (243 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Alim's strongest decade.
243 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Alim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 59
1970s
59 births
- 1980s 58
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
122 births
- 2000s
2000s
183 births
- 2010s
2010s
243 births
- 2020s
2020s
175 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 243 births (29% of all-time use).
How Alim compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Alim's total volume
Alim by state
Where Alim concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 32 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 27 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 1.9% |
| #4 | California | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
32 of 840 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Alim's data
- Alim's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (243 total births) through the 2020s (175) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Alims (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alim: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Alim 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.