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 0.000005805 24 -100%
1959 17 0.00000409 17 -100%
1960 24 0.000005778 24 -100%
1961 27 0.000006519 27 -100%
1962 24 0.000005948 24 -100%
1963 43 0.000010863 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 48 0.000013812 48 -100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 -100%
1971 59 0.00001719 59 -100%
1972 63 0.000020044 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 0.000030538 97 -100%
1978 112 0.000035289 112 -100%
1979 119 0.000035768 119 -100%
1980 115 0.000033387 115 -100%
1981 123 0.000035556 123 -100%
1982 157 0.000044756 157 -100%
1983 146 0.000042157 146 -100%
1984 146 0.00004185 146 -100%
1985 150 0.000042029 150 -100%
1986 151 0.000042452 151 -100%
1987 147 0.000040771 147 -100%
1988 172 0.000046551 172 -100%
1989 224 0.000058268 224 -100%
1990 277 0.000070087 277 -100%
1991 270 0.000069318 270 -100%
1992 304 0.000079144 304 -100%
1993 400 0.000106097 400 -100%
1994 668 0.000179692 668 -100%
1995 1213 0.000331238 7 1206 -99%
1996 1747 0.000479018 1747 -100%
1997 2112 0.000582519 2112 -100%
1998 2209 0.000600584 2209 -100%
1999 2716 0.000735297 8 2708 -99%
2000 2793 0.00073893 12 2781 -99%
2001 3029 0.000809186 3029 -100%
2002 3382 0.00090473 3382 -100%
2003 3582 0.000942132 17 3565 -99%
2004 3842 0.001005593 15 3827 -99%
2005 4161 0.001082312 9 4152 -100%
2006 4525 0.001143891 11 4514 -100%
2007 5152 0.001288884 11 5141 -100%
2008 5991 0.001524389 11 5980 -100%
2009 8587 0.002248204 21 8566 -100%
2010 10953 0.002964159 22 10931 -100%
2011 13462 0.003681005 13 13449 -100%
2012 16844 0.004606406 23 16821 -100%
2013 18175 0.004986553 22 18153 -100%
2014 18512 0.00499593 32 18480 -100%
2015 18427 0.004980473 21 18406 -100%
2016 18286 0.004985928 19 18267 -100%
2017 18893 0.005285174 38 18855 -100%
2018 19990 0.005688431 24 19966 -100%
2019 20641 0.005950488 30 20611 -100%
2020 19875 0.005954441 33 19842 -100%
2021 20421 0.00603335 30 20391 -100%
2022 20559 0.006085045 26 20533 -100%
2023 20832 0.006318 30 20802 -100%