How common is the name Liam?

218,131 people in the United States have the first name Liam, about 1 in 1,385. It ranks #257 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LIAM

#257

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
218,131
About
1 in 1,385
This common or more
46.2%
Who bears it

Of the 218,131 people named Liam, 67.4% reported their origin as White, 19.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Liam peaked in 2024, when 22,288 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
22,288
In 2025*
20,846 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 359,085 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Liam by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1. The largest share of babies named Liam, 71.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#5,361117
1960s#2,953400
1970s#2,239784
1980s#1,7051,527
1990s#48811,919
2000s#17045,047
2010s#5174,261
2020s#1125,025
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226%
2013 and later71.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Liam is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Liam has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Alaska (2×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.36×).

357,165 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Liam

#255 Bonnie · 219,134#256 Jasmine · 218,324#258 Phillip · 216,746#259 Erica · 215,652

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Liam, most common first.

#3,491 Lian · 5,941#6,520 Liem · 2,451#16,565 Lim · 678

Also a last name

As a last name, Liam ranks #73,107 of 156,621, with 286 people. See Liam as a last name

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