NameTides

Lyam

Lyam was the #1,084 boys' name in the US in 2025 (198 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #336 in Canada.

Lyam as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lyam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Lyam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,084 (198)#2,952 (7)#336 (98)
2024#1,092 (198)#3,255 (6)#373 (88)
2023#1,103 (193)#3,524 (5)#322 (95)
2022#1,322 (142)—#298 (106)
2021#1,349 (137)#2,493 (8)#320 (107)
2020#1,237 (151)—#263 (127)
2019#1,234 (153)—#283 (118)
2018#1,431 (122)—#281 (124)
2017#1,402 (125)—#369 (86)
2016#1,575 (104)#4,023 (4)#362 (87)
2015#1,657 (95)#4,747 (3)#332 (97)
2014#1,608 (97)#3,895 (4)#342 (93)
2013#1,685 (88)#3,822 (4)#374 (78)
2012#1,799 (82)—#608 (40)
2011#2,059 (65)#4,647 (3)#676 (36)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,084.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lyam is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 8,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lyam by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #729FL
Lyam (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
Quebec2025#8187
Ontario2024#1,1239

Lyam (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
LyamCanadaBoys#33698
LyamEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
LyamNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LyamUSBoys#1,084198