Liam
Liam is ranked 1st among boys in 2024 (22,164 births). It was the number one boy’s name in 2017–2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #1same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 22,1641.3% of boys
- Peak year
- 202422,164 births
- Best rank
- #1first in 2017
- Since 1947
- 337,540people given the name
The story in the numbers
337,540 boys have been named Liam in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 22,164 births — 1.3% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 52%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 19 of them in the top 100 and 13 in the top 10.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Liam | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 117 | |
| 1960s | 401 | |
| 1970s | 784 | |
| 1980s | 1,532 | |
| 1990s | 11,904 | |
| 2000s | 44,938 | |
| 2010s | 173,981 | |
| 2020s | 103,878 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Liam was the most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Liam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Raydenpeak 2022
- Flynnpeak 2021
- Judahpeak 2021
- Enderpeak 2022
- Raidenpeak 2022
- Kasynpeak 2020
- Declanpeak 2019
- Lokipeak 2021
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.