Names like Liam
In 2025, 20,818 boys born in the US were named Liam, #1 among boys' names.
It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1967, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1974.
It was also #1 every year from 2017 to 2024.
The most births in one year were 22,252, in 2024.
Births rose 13% from 18,410 in 2015.
For 6 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1969 or later (Liam's began in 1974).
Liam's rank every ten years
- 1880—
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- 1960—
- 1970—
- 1980#811
- 1990#597
- 2000#140
- 2010#30
- 2020#1
- 2025#1
— outside the top 1,000
12 boy names with a similar curve
How this list was made
We compared Liam's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.