Given name

Liiam

Liiam is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Liiam isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Liiam through the years

Babies since 1880
23
23 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2018
7 babies
2025
5
#13,146 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20182.9
Liiam in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2012–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,146 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2018.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Liiam, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Lekai

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Ayham

22RareEasing

>99% boys

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Lorde

“one who has authority and power”

0Not recently recordedCooling

84% boys · 16% girls

Modern

Laxus

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Luar

21RareRising fast

>99% boys

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Leiden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Luriel

11Very rare

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Liiam’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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