Name Trends

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How popular is “Liam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Liam” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Liam” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Liam” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Liam” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Liam” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Liam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Liam” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 -100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 -100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 24 0.000005778 24 -100%
1961 27 0.000006518 27 -100%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 -100%
1963 43 0.000010864 43 -100%
1964 38 0.000009775 38 -100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 -100%
1966 47 0.000013523 47 -100%
1967 60 0.000017674 60 -100%
1968 55 0.00001628 55 -100%
1969 47 0.000013524 47 -100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 -100%
1971 59 0.000017189 59 -100%
1972 63 0.000020045 63 -100%
1973 61 0.00002022 61 -100%
1974 72 0.000023684 72 -100%
1975 81 0.000026827 81 -100%
1976 71 0.000023399 71 -100%
1977 97 0.000030537 97 -100%
1978 112 0.000035288 112 -100%
1979 119 0.000035768 119 -100%
1980 115 0.000033386 115 -100%
1981 123 0.000035556 123 -100%
1982 157 0.000044755 157 -100%
1983 146 0.000042156 146 -100%
1984 146 0.000041849 146 -100%
1985 150 0.000042027 150 -100%
1986 152 0.000042732 152 -100%
1987 147 0.00004077 147 -100%
1988 172 0.000046549 172 -100%
1989 224 0.000058266 224 -100%
1990 277 0.000070083 277 -100%
1991 270 0.000069315 270 -100%
1992 305 0.000079401 305 -100%
1993 400 0.000106093 400 -100%
1994 668 0.000179683 668 -100%
1995 1213 0.000331226 7 1206 -99%
1996 1748 0.000479272 1748 -100%
1997 2112 0.0005825 2112 -100%
1998 2209 0.000600564 2209 -100%
1999 2717 0.000735544 8 2709 -99%
2000 2793 0.000738908 12 2781 -99%
2001 3029 0.00080916 3029 -100%
2002 3382 0.000904691 3382 -100%
2003 3582 0.000942057 17 3565 -99%
2004 3842 0.001005516 15 3827 -99%
2005 4161 0.001082228 9 4152 -100%
2006 4525 0.001143778 11 4514 -100%
2007 5152 0.001288746 11 5141 -100%
2008 5991 0.00152417 11 5980 -100%
2009 8588 0.002248065 21 8567 -100%
2010 10954 0.002963954 22 10932 -100%
2011 13462 0.003680362 13 13449 -100%
2012 16846 0.004606046 23 16823 -100%
2013 18175 0.00498537 22 18153 -100%
2014 18516 0.004995715 32 18484 -100%
2015 18428 0.004979313 21 18407 -100%
2016 18291 0.004985692 19 18272 -100%
2017 18903 0.005285786 38 18865 -100%
2018 19998 0.00568788 24 19974 -100%
2019 20652 0.005949985 30 20622 -100%
2020 19891 0.005954361 33 19858 -100%
2021 20437 0.006032263 30 20407 -100%
2022 20589 0.006085775 26 20563 -100%
2023 20916 0.006316751 30 20886 -100%
2024 22198 0.006669068 34 22164 -100%