Boys' name · since 1917
Alman
53 babies named Alman in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,726 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alman sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 53 recorded since 1917.
Alman has 53 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2022.
- #21,726 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 53 born since 1917
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alman ranks #21,726 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,726 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alman's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alman splits its recorded history at 2009: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2022
- Peak year (1921)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Alman by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Alman's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Alman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Alman's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- 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 Alman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1917–2022 (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 Alman 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.