Liem
#5,748 most common boys' name of all time · #14,322 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1981–2025
Rank among boys
#5,748
Rank overall
#14,322 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
742
Since 2016
251
Peak year
2011 #2,531
Best rank
#2,512 2013
Girls
Boys
peak 49/yr
Liem first appears in 1981. 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 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,597 |
| 2024 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,763 |
| 2023 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,967 |
| 2022 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,237 |
| 2021 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,546 |
| 2020 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,963 |
| 2019 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,406 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,198 |
| 2017 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,351 |
| 2016 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,711 |
| 2015 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,894 |
| 2014 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,691 |
| 2013 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,512 |
| 2012 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,936 |
| 2011 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,531 |
| 2010 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,279 |
| 2009 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2008 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,107 |
| 2007 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,733 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,941 |
| 2005 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,177 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,744 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,218 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,318 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,717 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,618 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,208 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,906 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,863 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,763 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,475 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,238 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,001 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,248 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,710 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,090 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,272 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,461 |