Lyam Boy
How popular is Lyam?
#1,084 boy name in 2025
198 baby boys were named Lyam in the US in 2025, making it the 1084th most popular boy name.
Lyam popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,084 for boys (▲ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 198 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+108% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,657 in 2015, #1,237 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (198 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,084 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lyam counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Liam family of names ranked #1 for boys in 2025, with 21,023 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Liam | 20,818 | 99% |
| Lyam | 198 | 1% |
| Lliam | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lyam is most popular
Babies named Lyam per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (133 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (129 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
Lyam by decade
Boy names about as popular as Lyam
Questions
- Is Lyam a boy or girl name?
- Lyam is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lyam were boys.
- How popular is the name Lyam?
- 198 baby boys were named Lyam in the US in 2025, making it the 1084th most popular boy name.
- When was Lyam most popular?
- Lyam peaked in 2024, when 198 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,084 in 2025.
- How many people are named Lyam?
- 2,077 babies have been named Lyam in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,066 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Lyam most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lyam was most common in Florida, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.