Flem

Boy · recorded 1880–1957

  • 1957last recorded
  • 1880best year

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

Last recorded in 1957. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Flem.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

0367218801899191919381957

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 35 recorded years as a table
Flem, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188072
188150
188663
188841
189241
189452
190447
191212
19156
19168
191711
19185
19209
19226
192310
19248
19254
19265
192714
192812
19298
19305
19315
19327
19358
19365
19377
19395
19424
19444
19454
19473
19513
19542
19574

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Flem isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1957
9
Rank in 1957
#2,822
How rare
1 in 239,692 boys
Since 1880
244

Flem was last recorded in 1957. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1880, at 72 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Flem doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.