Liam
Rank in 2025
#4758
recorded as girls
#1
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
20,846
girls 28 · boys 20,818
Peak year
2024
22,252 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
359,085
since 1947
Born a Liam? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Liam was most popular in 2024, when 22,252 babies recorded as boys got the name (12.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 20,818 babies were named Liam, ranking #1 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 4758 | 20,818 | 1 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4039 | 22,252 | 1 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4565 | 20,904 | 1 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5028 | 20,579 | 1 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4507 | 20,424 | 1 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4169 | 19,865 | 1 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4546 | 20,631 | 1 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5315 | 19,977 | 1 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3919 | 18,874 | 1 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6401 | 18,277 | 2 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6036 | 18,410 | 2 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4455 | 18,488 | 2 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5834 | 18,153 | 3 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5710 | 16,824 | 6 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8614 | 13,450 | 15 |
| 2010 | 22 | 5977 | 10,933 | 30 |
| 2009 | 21 | 6317 | 8,567 | 49 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10084 | 5,982 | 75 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10129 | 5,141 | 89 |
| 2006 | 11 | 9901 | 4,514 | 98 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | 4,152 | 104 |
| 2004 | 15 | 7391 | 3,827 | 112 |
| 2003 | 17 | 6576 | 3,565 | 114 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 3,382 | 113 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 3,029 | 131 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8027 | 2,781 | 140 |
| 1999 | 8 | 10345 | 2,709 | 141 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 2,209 | 155 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 2,112 | 162 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 1,748 | 184 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | 1,206 | 239 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 668 | 360 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 400 | 514 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 305 | 590 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 270 | 620 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 277 | 602 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 224 | 668 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 171 | 718 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 147 | 752 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 152 | 733 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 150 | 721 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 145 | 723 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 145 | 714 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 156 | 695 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 123 | 784 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 114 | 823 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 118 | 798 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 112 | 803 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 97 | 863 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 70 | 996 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 82 | 906 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 72 | 961 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 61 | 1037 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 63 | 1014 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 60 | 1047 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 49 | 1178 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 47 | 1136 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 54 | 1006 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 60 | 931 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 47 | 1073 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 36 | 1271 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 38 | 1263 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 43 | 1175 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 24 | 1625 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 27 | 1552 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 24 | 1658 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 17 | 1974 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 24 | 1593 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 28 | 1487 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 18 | 1886 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 12 | 2302 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 8 | 2942 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 10 | 2438 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 5 | 3733 |
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Where Liam is most popular
- Rhode Island1.6×
- Wyoming1.5×
- Delaware1.5×
- Hawaii1.4×
- Vermont1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years