Alam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-lum
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Alam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “world”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Alam mean?
Arabic: Arabic 'alam 'world', common in South Asian names
“world”
It appears in titles such as Alamgir, 'world-conqueror', the title of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Is Alam a girl's or a boy's name?
Alam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alam in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys.
Alam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Alam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 208% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Alam, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Alam in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Alam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Arham Musa Zayd Amir Umar Azaan Mustafa Zayaan
Names related to Alam
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alam, updated 20 October 2026.