Liam

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Liam is a masculine given name, often a short form of the Germanic name William.

From Wikipedia

Liam first appears in the data in 1973 and has been recorded in 40 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 603 babies (rank #9 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Liam

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Liam yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,349
Total babies (all years)
40
Years in the data
603
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19731#1,088
19741#1,094
19751#1,247
19761#1,259
19771#1,270
19781#1,294
19791#1,306
19813#997
19823#997
19833#1,002
19843#1,018
19851#1,342
19861#1,346
19884#980
19892#1,203
19902#1,215
19917#827
199211#696
199314#641
199419#570
199531#442
199641#377
199764#268
199856#308
199971#263
200078#239
200198#195
2002126#161
2003143#143
2004132#141
2005117#157
2006108#164
2007159#107
2008207#86
2009249#63
2010429#24
2011519#18
2012497#19
2013541#17
2014603#9