Alim is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “All-knowing one.” In 2024 it was given to 40 boys in the United States.
Alim belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “All-knowing one” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alim first appears in Social Security records in 1970. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2908 in 1975, and in 2024 40 babies received the name — 813 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Alim means “All-knowing one” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Alim is a boy name. In 2024, 40 babies received the name in the US.
Alim comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Alim first appears in US records in 1970. Its best-ever ranking was #2908 in 1975, and 40 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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