Male name
Liam
61,245 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 8.
Origin
From Irish Liam, a clipping of Uilliam, itself from English William.From Wiktionary, entry “Liam”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 5,802 births. 61,245 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 10th among boys' names in 1996. It is still given: 3,672 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2024: 22,288 births. 359,085 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 1st among boys' names in 2017. It really came into use around 1957. It is still given: 105,127 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2009: 457 births. 15,061 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1970s to the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 6th among boys' names in 2021. It is still given: 1,581 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 49,920 | 1900–2025 | 10th in 2016 |
| Argentina | 37,226 | 2012–2023 | 19th in 2022 |
| Quebec | 11,319 | 1980–2025 | 1st in 2019 |
| Switzerland | 7,120* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 4,800 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Austria | 4,053 | 1984–2025 | 19th in 2023 |
| Berlin | 2,159 | 2012–2023 | 7th in 2023 |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
3 + 9 + 1 + 4 = 17 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 1 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
3 + 4 = 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.