Alem
Alem is a name with a single cultural origin: Bosnian.
- Bosnian
Meaning & Origin of Alem
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alem is a name with a single cultural origin: Bosnian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bosnian
The Story of Alem
The earliest SSA record of Alem as a baby boy name dates back to 1987, when 6 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Alem — #5,303 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Alem on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Alem last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 231 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Alem
Alem is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 231 births in the dataset. Alem's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #5,303. Use the chart and map above to compare Alem's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.