boy's name

Alam

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 397

Alam is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 32 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1991.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Alam over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

125
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Alam by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 72
2000s 125
2010s 63
2020s (to 2025) 110

How popular is Alam?

In 2025, Alam was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Alam is used

Canada #2,553 7 in 2021
United States #4,660 22 in 2025
England & Wales #4,824 4 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Alam

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Alam also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alam over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Alam

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alam — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Alam

How popular is the name Alam?

In 2025, Alam was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Alam a girl's or a boy's name?

Alam is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Alam?

Alam has 2 syllables.

When was Alam most popular?

Alam peaked in 2024, when 32 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Alam a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alam currently ranks #4,660 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.