Liam

Boy · recorded 1947–2025

  • #1in 2025
  • 1 in 82boys in 2025
  • +27%last ten years
  • 1.8×in Rhode Island

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 27% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1947

06,45812,91619471967198620062025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 74 recorded years as a table
Liam, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19473
19506
19544
19556
19569
195713
195811
19598
196011
196113
196212
196321
196419
196519
196626
196734
196831
196926
197026
197134
197239
197339
197446
197553
197645
197759
197868
197969
198064
198169
198286
198381
198480
198581
198683
198779
198889
1989112
1990135
1991134
1992153
1993204
1994346
1995634
1996923
19971,120
19981,156
19991,411
20001,416
20011,559
20021,742
20031,805
20041,928
20052,079
20062,196
20072,477
20082,932
20094,319
20105,698
20117,082
20128,869
20139,597
20149,625
20159,605
20169,631
201710,197
201811,000
201911,499
202011,509
202111,674
202211,786
202312,220
202412,916
202512,188

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Rhode Island 1.8×
  2. Delaware 1.7×
  3. District of Columbia 1.6×
  4. Maryland 1.6×
  5. Florida 1.5×

More like it

More like Liam

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
20,818
Rank in 2025
#1
How rare
1 in 82 boys
Since 1947
358,536

Most popular in 2024, at 12,916 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 27% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Rhode Island1.8×212
Delaware1.7×185
District of Columbia1.6×167
Maryland1.6×1,346
Florida1.5×5,444

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.