Liam is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1 for boy births in the United States, given to 20,846 babies. Liam first appears in the data in 1947 and reached its peak in 2024 (22,288 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,846 | #1 |
| 2024 | 22,288 | #1 |
| 2023 | 20,934 | #1 |
| 2022 | 20,605 | #1 |
| 2021 | 20,454 | #1 |
| 2020 | 19,898 | #1 |
| 2019 | 20,661 | #1 |
| 2018 | 20,001 | #1 |
| 2017 | 18,912 | #2 |
| 2016 | 18,296 | #4 |
| 2015 | 18,431 | #4 |
| 2014 | 18,520 | #5 |
| 2013 | 18,175 | #6 |
| 2012 | 16,847 | #11 |
| 2011 | 13,463 | #22 |
| 2010 | 10,955 | #40 |
| 2009 | 8,588 | #67 |
| 2008 | 5,993 | #115 |
| 2007 | 5,152 | #143 |
| 2006 | 4,525 | #169 |
| 2005 | 4,161 | #183 |
| 2004 | 3,842 | #194 |
| 2003 | 3,582 | #206 |
| 2002 | 3,382 | #211 |
| 2001 | 3,029 | #240 |
| 2000 | 2,793 | #262 |
| 1999 | 2,717 | #267 |
| 1998 | 2,209 | #305 |
| 1997 | 2,112 | #312 |
| 1996 | 1,748 | #363 |
| 1995 | 1,213 | #481 |
| 1994 | 668 | #736 |
| 1993 | 400 | #1,091 |
| 1992 | 305 | #1,278 |
| 1991 | 270 | #1,360 |
| 1990 | 277 | #1,338 |
| 1989 | 224 | #1,478 |
| 1988 | 171 | #1,637 |
| 1987 | 147 | #1,756 |
| 1986 | 152 | #1,696 |
| 1985 | 150 | #1,684 |
| 1984 | 145 | #1,672 |
| 1983 | 145 | #1,674 |
| 1982 | 156 | #1,620 |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,862 |
| 1980 | 114 | #1,959 |
| 1979 | 118 | #1,885 |
| 1978 | 112 | #1,907 |
| 1977 | 97 | #2,045 |
| 1976 | 70 | #2,398 |
| 1975 | 82 | #2,164 |
| 1974 | 72 | #2,300 |
| 1973 | 61 | #2,501 |
| 1972 | 63 | #2,438 |
| 1971 | 60 | #2,564 |
| 1970 | 49 | #2,888 |
| 1969 | 47 | #2,842 |
| 1968 | 54 | #2,499 |
| 1967 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 1966 | 47 | #2,621 |
| 1965 | 36 | #3,095 |
| 1964 | 38 | #3,077 |
| 1963 | 43 | #2,843 |
| 1962 | 24 | #3,963 |
| 1961 | 27 | #3,696 |
| 1960 | 24 | #3,935 |
| 1959 | 17 | #4,633 |
| 1958 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1957 | 28 | #3,445 |
| 1956 | 18 | #4,449 |
| 1955 | 12 | #5,513 |
| 1954 | 8 | #7,047 |
| 1950 | 10 | #5,713 |
| 1947 | 5 | #9,291 |