Liam
#98 most common boys' name of all time · #205 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1947–2025
Rank among boys
#98
Rank overall
#205 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
359,085
Since 2016
202,895
Peak year
2024 #1
Best rank
#1 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 22,288/yr
Liam first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 20,818 | 20,846 | #1 |
| 2024 | 36 | 22,252 | 22,288 | #1 |
| 2023 | 30 | 20,904 | 20,934 | #1 |
| 2022 | 26 | 20,579 | 20,605 | #1 |
| 2021 | 30 | 20,424 | 20,454 | #1 |
| 2020 | 33 | 19,865 | 19,898 | #1 |
| 2019 | 30 | 20,631 | 20,661 | #1 |
| 2018 | 24 | 19,977 | 20,001 | #1 |
| 2017 | 38 | 18,874 | 18,912 | #1 |
| 2016 | 19 | 18,277 | 18,296 | #2 |
| 2015 | 21 | 18,410 | 18,431 | #2 |
| 2014 | 32 | 18,488 | 18,520 | #2 |
| 2013 | 22 | 18,153 | 18,175 | #3 |
| 2012 | 23 | 16,824 | 16,847 | #6 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13,450 | 13,463 | #15 |
| 2010 | 22 | 10,933 | 10,955 | #30 |
| 2009 | 21 | 8,567 | 8,588 | #49 |
| 2008 | 11 | 5,982 | 5,993 | #75 |
| 2007 | 11 | 5,141 | 5,152 | #89 |
| 2006 | 11 | 4,514 | 4,525 | #98 |
| 2005 | 9 | 4,152 | 4,161 | #104 |
| 2004 | 15 | 3,827 | 3,842 | #112 |
| 2003 | 17 | 3,565 | 3,582 | #114 |
| 2002 | — | 3,382 | 3,382 | #113 |
| 2001 | — | 3,029 | 3,029 | #131 |
| 2000 | 12 | 2,781 | 2,793 | #140 |
| 1999 | 8 | 2,709 | 2,717 | #141 |
| 1998 | — | 2,209 | 2,209 | #155 |
| 1997 | — | 2,112 | 2,112 | #162 |
| 1996 | — | 1,748 | 1,748 | #184 |
| 1995 | 7 | 1,206 | 1,213 | #239 |
| 1994 | — | 668 | 668 | #360 |
| 1993 | — | 400 | 400 | #515 |
| 1992 | — | 305 | 305 | #590 |
| 1991 | — | 270 | 270 | #621 |
| 1990 | — | 277 | 277 | #605 |
| 1989 | — | 224 | 224 | #670 |
| 1988 | — | 171 | 171 | #719 |
| 1987 | — | 147 | 147 | #755 |
| 1986 | — | 152 | 152 | #735 |
| 1985 | — | 150 | 150 | #722 |
| 1984 | — | 145 | 145 | #724 |
| 1983 | — | 145 | 145 | #716 |
| 1982 | — | 156 | 156 | #697 |
| 1981 | — | 123 | 123 | #791 |
| 1980 | — | 114 | 114 | #826 |
| 1979 | — | 118 | 118 | #802 |
| 1978 | — | 112 | 112 | #807 |
| 1977 | — | 97 | 97 | #864 |
| 1976 | — | 70 | 70 | #997 |
| 1975 | — | 82 | 82 | #908 |
| 1974 | — | 72 | 72 | #966 |
| 1973 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,044 |
| 1972 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,020 |
| 1971 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,055 |
| 1970 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,191 |
| 1969 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,149 |
| 1968 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,016 |
| 1967 | — | 60 | 60 | #941 |
| 1966 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,089 |
| 1965 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,292 |
| 1964 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,285 |
| 1963 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,193 |
| 1962 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,666 |
| 1961 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,026 |
| 1958 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,641 |
| 1957 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,509 |
| 1956 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,943 |
| 1955 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,422 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,160 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,576 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,253 |