NameTides

Liam

Liam was the #1 boys' name in the US in 2025 (20,818 babies), and #68 in England & Wales and #3 in Canada.

Liam as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Liam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Liam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#1 (20,818)#68 (763)#51 (81)#44 (43)#7 (313)#3 (1,568)#15 (252)#23 (198)
2024#1 (22,252)#70 (749)#47 (93)#42 (49)#8 (303)#2 (1,699)#15 (256)#26 (199)
2023#1 (20,904)#71 (735)#46 (102)#52 (45)#8 (289)#2 (1,838)#15 (256)#21 (194)
2022#1 (20,579)#76 (735)#44 (105)#62 (43)#8 (323)#2 (1,931)#15 (307)#18 (221)
2021#1 (20,424)#86 (690)#44 (118)#45 (58)#6 (353)#2 (2,011)#10 (336)#19 (237)
2020#1 (19,865)#79 (721)#34 (129)#59 (47)#7 (329)#1 (2,194)#6 (383)#14 (263)
2019#1 (20,631)#74 (798)#38 (139)#65 (48)#7 (334)#1 (2,320)#10 (357)#13 (289)
2018#1 (19,977)#85 (731)#34 (151)#56 (52)#11 (338)#1 (2,304)#8 (383)#9 (270)
2017#1 (18,874)#91 (723)#42 (132)#70 (46)#15 (312)#1 (2,207)#11 (342)#15 (253)
2016#2 (18,277)#97 (698)#37 (154)#80 (41)#14 (333)#1 (2,265)#13 (361)#17 (233)
2015#2 (18,410)#81 (836)#33 (176)#54 (58)#20 (324)#1 (2,356)#16 (345)#14 (233)
2014#2 (18,488)#76 (902)#36 (178)#59 (52)#15 (378)#1 (2,517)#10 (415)#14 (257)
2013#3 (18,153)#67 (973)#28 (216)#76 (41)#18 (365)#1 (2,534)#11 (450)#13 (285)
2012#6 (16,824)#50 (1,374)#20 (271)#44 (69)#13 (427)#1 (2,443)#13 (441)#16 (283)
2011#15 (13,450)#44 (1,690)#25 (265)#58 (59)#17 (412)#3 (2,244)#14 (463)#12 (317)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.

How common is it?

about 1 in 82 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 12. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 82very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 360common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 240common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 190very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 76very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 100very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Liam is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 78 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 73 to 1 in 83.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Liam by state, 2025Alaska: #8AKMaine: #10MEWisconsin: #4WIVermont: #9VTNew Hampshire: #6NHWashington: #2WAIdaho: #4IDMontana: #10MTNorth Dakota: #1NDMinnesota: #4MNIllinois: #1ILMichigan: #8MINew York: #2NYMassachusetts: #2MAOregon: #3ORNevada: #1NVWyoming: #7WYSouth Dakota: #2SDIowa: #2IAIndiana: #2INOhio: #5OHPennsylvania: #2PANew Jersey: #1NJConnecticut: #2CTRhode Island: #2RICalifornia: #1CAUtah: #2UTColorado: #1CONebraska: #1NEMissouri: #5MOKentucky: #2KYWest Virginia: #9WVVirginia: #1VAMaryland: #1MDDelaware: #2DEArizona: #1AZNew Mexico: #2NMKansas: #4KSArkansas: #1ARTennessee: #2TNNorth Carolina: #2NCSouth Carolina: #2SCDistrict of Columbia: #3DCOklahoma: #1OKLouisiana: #2LAMississippi: #7MSAlabama: #4ALGeorgia: #1GAHawaii: #3HITexas: #1TXFlorida: #1FL
Liam (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#2629
Quebec2025#3484

Liam (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LiamCanadaGirls—too few
LiamCanadaBoys#31,568
LiamEngland & WalesBoys#68763
LiamIrelandBoys#7313
LiamNorthern IrelandBoys#4443
LiamNSWBoys#15252
LiamScotlandBoys#5181
LiamUSGirls#4,75828
LiamUSBoys#120,818
LiamVICBoys#23198