Boys' name · since 2012
Liiam
Liiam has 23 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,158 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
23 babies have been named Liiam since 2012, making it today's #13158 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liiam has been recorded 23 times among boys since 2012, currently ranked #13158 nationally and more common than 6% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #27,901 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,158 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 23 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liiam ranks #27,901 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,158 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,158 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liiam's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Liiam compares
23 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Liiam's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Liiam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Liiam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Liiam's full recorded timeline at 2018, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Liiam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Liiam by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
2010s was Liiam's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Liiam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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What to do with Liiam's data
- Liiam's decade-level peak was the 2010s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Liiam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Liiam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.