Flem is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Flem is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1957. Flem first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1927 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 9 | — | #2,891 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,013 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,479 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,486 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,116 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #3,597 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,753 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,667 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,012 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,722 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #2,787 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,191 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #3,974 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,199 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,826 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #2,312 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,073 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,453 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | #3,101 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #2,674 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,640 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #2,842 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,391 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,615 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,293 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,031 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,673 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,115 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,000 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,131 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,085 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #790 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #919 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | #704 |