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Liam Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Liam?

The highly popular name Liam was the number 1 Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

Currently in the top 10, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

Its highest popularity ranking of #1 was reached for the first time in 2017 and as recently as 2018 with 19,837 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Liam was less than 5, most recently in 1953.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Liam occurred roughly during the years 1954-1957, 1959-1963, 1964-1967, 1969-1978, 1979-1982, 1986-2013, and 2015-2017.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

How popular will Liam be?

For a number of years, the name Liam has been soaring upward in popularity. however, the number of children named Liam lately has remained about the same.

The name Liam is a huge favorite and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Liam (Girl)Liam (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 23 5,524 19,837 1
2017 37 4,030 18,798 1
2016 19 6,559 18,218 2
2015 21 6,140 18,374 2
2014 32 4,505 18,462 2
2013 22 5,931 18,137 3
2012 23 5,807 16,804 6
2011 13 8,930 13,437 15
2010 22 6,083 10,927 30
2009 21 6,448 8,564 49
2008 11 10,480 5,979 75
2007 11 10,533 5,139 89
2006 11 10,315 4,512 98
2005 9 11,444 4,150 104
2004 15 7,656 3,827 112
2003 17 6,773 3,565 114
2002 < 5 -- 3,381 113
2001 < 5 -- 3,027 131
2000 12 8,329 2,780 140
1999 8 10,956 2,707 141
1998 < 5 -- 2,209 155
1997 < 5 -- 2,112 162
1996 < 5 -- 1,747 184
1995 7 11,221 1,205 239
1994 < 5 -- 668 360
1993 < 5 -- 398 515
1992 < 5 -- 302 591
1991 < 5 -- 272 619
1990 < 5 -- 276 605
1989 < 5 -- 224 668
1988 < 5 -- 170 721
1987 < 5 -- 149 751
1986 < 5 -- 150 740
1985 < 5 -- 148 727
1984 < 5 -- 146 719
1983 < 5 -- 144 720
1982 < 5 -- 157 694
1981 < 5 -- 123 789
1980 < 5 -- 114 825
1979 < 5 -- 119 796
1978 < 5 -- 112 808
1977 < 5 -- 96 868
1976 < 5 -- 72 986
1975 < 5 -- 81 915
1974 < 5 -- 73 959
1973 < 5 -- 64 1,008
1972 < 5 -- 65 1,004
1971 < 5 -- 58 1,072
1970 < 5 -- 50 1,175
1969 < 5 -- 50 1,107
1968 < 5 -- 54 1,012
1967 < 5 -- 60 938
1966 < 5 -- 47 1,082
1965 < 5 -- 37 1,265
1964 < 5 -- 40 1,227
1963 < 5 -- 42 1,207
1962 < 5 -- 23 1,695
1961 < 5 -- 27 1,562
1960 < 5 -- 24 1,674
1959 < 5 -- 17 2,014
1958 < 5 -- 24 1,619
1957 < 5 -- 28 1,501
1956 < 5 -- 18 1,919
1955 < 5 -- 12 2,384
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.