Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ahlam

#6,735 most common girls' name of all time · #11,325 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among girls
#6,735
Rank overall
#11,325 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,074
Since 2016
394
Peak year
2024 #3,030
Best rank
#3,030 2024
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
198020002020

Ahlam first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 32 — 32 #4,398
2024 54 — 54 #3,030
2023 39 — 39 #3,872
2022 35 — 35 #4,142
2021 35 — 35 #4,128
2020 33 — 33 #4,210
2019 43 — 43 #3,584
2018 36 — 36 #4,033
2017 48 — 48 #3,328
2016 39 — 39 #3,880
2015 42 — 42 #3,680
2014 36 — 36 #4,143
2013 35 — 35 #4,191
2012 37 — 37 #4,080
2011 19 — 19 #6,667
2010 24 — 24 #5,671
2009 19 — 19 #6,934
2008 17 — 17 #7,556
2007 29 — 29 #5,020
2006 21 — 21 #6,238
2005 18 — 18 #6,666
2004 17 — 17 #6,906
2003 17 — 17 #6,735
2002 18 — 18 #6,256
2001 17 — 17 #6,482
2000 24 — 24 #4,908
1999 17 — 17 #6,032
1998 18 — 18 #5,725
1997 16 — 16 #6,043
1996 18 — 18 #5,423
1995 15 — 15 #6,156
1994 10 — 10 #8,491
1993 15 — 15 #6,164
1992 16 — 16 #5,919
1991 21 — 21 #4,779
1990 16 — 16 #5,763
1989 16 — 16 #5,489
1988 14 — 14 #5,843
1987 11 — 11 #6,695
1986 12 — 12 #6,087
1985 11 — 11 #6,388
1984 11 — 11 #6,244
1983 14 — 14 #5,127
1982 10 — 10 #6,827
1981 5 — 5 #11,664
1980 5 — 5 #11,638
1979 7 — 7 #8,876
1978 7 — 7 #8,463
1977 5 — 5 #10,951