Liam
Right now Liam holds #1 in the country, at or near its all-time peak. On the books since 1947, peaking in 2024: 358,536 American children so far.
Liam’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Liam, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Liam since 1947
Liam peaked in 2024 at #1; #1 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Liam is most common
Among the states, Liam takes its largest share in Rhode Island, 2.05% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Maryland and Delaware next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Liam
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Leo
#19 in 2025 · Greek
Noah
#2 in 2025 · Hebrew
Leah
#58 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mia
#6 in 2025
Lucas
#10 in 2025 · Latin
Olivia
#1 in 2025 · Latin
Levi
#12 in 2025 · Hebrew
Luca
#14 in 2025 · Latin
Browse: names starting with L · all names
About Liam
How popular is the name Liam?
Right now Liam holds #1 in the country, at or near its all-time peak. The chart above draws the whole run since 1947, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Liam?
The 1884 reference we quote from has no entry for Liam. Rather than borrow a gloss from somewhere we cannot cite, the page leaves the meaning blank and lets the chart speak.
What names go with Liam?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Leo, Noah and Leah, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
Get Liam’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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A printed picture book where Liam earns every letter of their own name, page by page. See the preview pages and hear when it is ready.
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