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.

Alim

#5,338 most common boys' name of all time · #13,273 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#5,338
Rank overall
#13,273 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
840
Since 2016
293
Peak year
2024 #3,067
Best rank
#3,046 1978
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
198020002020

Alim first appears in 1970. 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 — 27 27 #3,989
2024 — 40 40 #3,067
2023 — 28 28 #3,927
2022 — 23 23 #4,488
2021 — 25 25 #4,172
2020 — 32 32 #3,441
2019 — 34 34 #3,381
2018 — 37 37 #3,133
2017 — 27 27 #3,921
2016 — 20 20 #4,827
2015 — 21 21 #4,607
2014 — 15 15 #5,825
2013 — 22 22 #4,360
2012 — 25 25 #4,054
2011 — 18 18 #5,064
2010 — 24 24 #4,150
2009 — 20 20 #4,804
2008 — 26 26 #3,971
2007 — 21 21 #4,550
2006 — 17 17 #5,167
2005 — 19 19 #4,528
2004 — 13 13 #5,927
2003 — 15 15 #5,113
2002 — 19 19 #4,245
2001 — 16 16 #4,756
2000 — 17 17 #4,469
1999 — 16 16 #4,430
1998 — 12 12 #5,287
1997 — 12 12 #5,090
1996 — 20 20 #3,477
1995 — 14 14 #4,394
1994 — 8 8 #6,623
1993 — 11 11 #5,175
1992 — 12 12 #4,717
1991 — 5 5 #8,763
1990 — 12 12 #4,556
1989 — 9 9 #5,391
1988 — 6 6 #6,817
1987 — 7 7 #5,802
1986 — 8 8 #5,124
1985 — 7 7 #5,515
1984 — 9 9 #4,435
1981 — 5 5 #6,781
1980 — 7 7 #5,294
1979 — 6 6 #5,765
1978 — 14 14 #3,046
1977 — 7 7 #4,945
1976 — 8 8 #4,321
1975 — 13 13 #3,050
1973 — 6 6 #4,959
1970 — 5 5 #5,298