Flem
Flem was last recorded in 1957, when 9 babies were given it; 244 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1957 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Flem by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Flem mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Flem is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Flem?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #2,890, in 1957; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
16 babies in 1927, the peak
Flem peaked in 1927, when 16 boys were given it, #2,073 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 9 | #2,890 | 4.2 |
| 1954 | 5 | #4,012 | 2.5 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,478 | 3.2 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,484 | 3.3 |
| 1945 | 6 | #3,115 | 4.5 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,595 | 3.7 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,752 | 3.6 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,666 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,012 | 6.6 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,721 | 4.8 |
Every recorded year (35)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 8 | #2,787 | 7.7 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,190 | 6.7 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,972 | 4.8 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,197 | 4.6 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,824 | 8.4 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,312 | 11.7 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,073 | 14.2 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,870 | 5.4 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,451 | 4.5 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,100 | 7.9 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,673 | 10.0 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,638 | 6.4 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,841 | 9.4 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,390 | 4.9 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,614 | 10.8 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,292 | 7.9 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,029 | 5.9 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,672 | 11.6 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,114 | 46.8 |
| 1894 | 6 | #999 | 51.8 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,130 | 41.0 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,084 | 41.4 |
| 1886 | 7 | #790 | 63.2 |
| 1881 | 5 | #918 | 49.6 |
| 1880 | 8 | #704 | 72.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Flem a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Flem has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 35 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Flem: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Flem, and how old are they?
An estimated 29 Americans named Flem and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Flem
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Flem and names like it
- Compare Flem and WinfieldBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFlem peaked in 1927.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Flem since 1910.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Flem.
- Names starting with FMost given first.