Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Alem” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alem” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alem” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Alem” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Alem” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Alem” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Alem” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alem” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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