Liem — #5731 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Liem

The Social Security Administration has registered 719 babies named Liem between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Liem currently holds the #5731 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Liem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 378 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Liem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Liem in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Liem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 719 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.