# Liam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/liam/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːəm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 359,085 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 358,536 / 549 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61,245, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Liam, a clipping of Uilliam, itself from English William.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,942 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,813 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,936 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,512 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,153 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,573 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,960 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,399 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,613 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,231 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,567 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,106 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,617 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4,087 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,829 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13,450 | 15 |
| 2012 | 16,824 | 6 |
| 2013 | 18,153 | 3 |
| 2014 | 18,488 | 2 |
| 2015 | 18,410 | 2 |
| 2016 | 18,277 | 2 |
| 2017 | 18,874 | 1 |
| 2018 | 19,977 | 1 |
| 2019 | 20,631 | 1 |
| 2020 | 19,865 | 1 |
| 2021 | 20,424 | 1 |
| 2022 | 20,579 | 1 |
| 2023 | 20,904 | 1 |
| 2024 | 22,252 | 1 |
| 2025 | 20,818 | 1 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,690 | 44 |
| 2012 | 1,374 | 50 |
| 2013 | 973 | 67 |
| 2014 | 902 | 76 |
| 2015 | 836 | 81 |
| 2016 | 698 | 97 |
| 2017 | 723 | 91 |
| 2018 | 731 | 85 |
| 2019 | 798 | 74 |
| 2020 | 721 | 79 |
| 2021 | 690 | 86 |
| 2022 | 735 | 76 |
| 2023 | 735 | 71 |
| 2024 | 749 | 70 |
| 2025 | 763 | 68 |

## People named Liam

- Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1990)
- Liam Delap, English association football player (born 2003)
- Liam Millar, Canadian soccer player
- Liam Aiken, American actor (born 1990)
- Liam McIntyre, Australian actor
- Liam Rosenior, English footballer and manager (born 1984)
- Liam Fox, British politician (born 1961)
- Liam Ridgewell, English association football player
- Liam Howlett, British musician
- Liam Fraser, Canadian soccer player
- Liam O'Brien, American voice actor, writer, and director
- Liam James, Canadian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.