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Liam

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~355,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1 among boys
Births in 2025
20,846 359,085 since 1880
Typical age
8 years, median

Liam popularity over time

Liam rank by birth year, 1947–2025Liam ranked #3,733 in 1947 and #1 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1, in 2017.#1#10#100#1,000#11960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1947–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Liam was used most in 2024, when 22,288 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1947. It has held a top-100 place in 20 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1, with 20,846 births that year.

Babies named Liam per yearPeaks at 22,288 births in 2024.22,288 in 202401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Liam?

An estimated 355,900 living Americans are called Liam. SSA has recorded 359,085 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Liam?

The typical living Liam is 8 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Liam a current name.

Your Liam

Ages of living people named LiamHalf of living Liams are older than 8 and half younger.median 80204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Liam is most common

Relative to births, Rhode Island carries 2.0× the national share of Liams. Wyoming, Delaware and Hawaii follow.

Where Liam is used more than average5 states use the name Liam more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 1.7× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 1.8× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.0× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.8× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 1.7× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Liam is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 699 2.0×
Wyoming 243 1.8×
Delaware 601 1.8×
Hawaii 603 1.7×
Vermont 235 1.7×

Liam in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Liam ranked #68 in 2025 on 763 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Liam comes from

From Irish Liam, a clipping of Uilliam, itself from English William.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Liam

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Liam Payne English singer and songwriter 1993–2024 68
Liam Hemsworth Australian actor 1990 63
Liam Cunningham Irish actor 1961 42
Liam Lawson New Zealand motor racing driver 2002 40
Liam Delap English association football player 2003 37
Liam Millar Canadian soccer player 1999 35
Liam Aiken American actor 1990 34
Liam Cosgrave Irish politician 1920–2017 34
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 668 in 1994 to 1,213 in 1995 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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