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Popularity of the Baby Name Liam


Posts that Mention the Name Liam

Popular Baby Names in San Diego, 2019

According to San Diego’s Health and Human Services Agency, the most popular baby names in the county in 2019 were Olivia and Liam.

Here are San Diego County’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

  1. Olivia, 243 baby girls
  2. Emma, 212
  3. Camila, 179
  4. Mia, 176
  5. Isabella, 169
  6. Sophia, 163
  7. Charlotte, 138
  8. Luna, 133 (2-way tie)
  9. Sofia, 133 (2-way tie)
  10. Amelia, 124 (2-way tie)
  11. Victoria, 124 (2-way tie)

Boy Names

  1. Liam, 442 baby boys
  2. Noah, 188
  3. Sebastian, 174 (2-way tie)
  4. Oliver, 174 (2-way tie)
  5. Mateo, 159
  6. Ethan, 155
  7. Alexander, 149
  8. Lucas, 137
  9. Benjamin, 136
  10. Julian, 135

In the girls’ top 10, Luna and Amelia replace Mila.

In the boys’ top 10, Lucas and Julian replace Daniel and Logan.

The HHSA also reported that the top baby names of the decade (2010-2019) in San Diego County were Sophia and Noah.

(The year before, the top two names were Emma and Liam.)

Source: Top Baby Names in San Diego County in 2019 and Past Decade

Popular Baby Names in PEI, 2019

According Prince Edward Island’s Vital Statistics, the most popular baby names on the island in 2019 were Sophie and Liam.

Here are PEI’s top girl names and top boy names of 2019:

Girl Names

  1. Sophie, 12 baby girls
  2. Charlotte, 11
  3. Olivia, 9
  4. Ella and Lucy (2-way tie), 8 each
  5. Amelia, Mia, and Paisley (3-way tie), 7 each
  6. Brielle, Brooklyn, Emma, and Evelyn (4- way tie), 6 each

Boy Names

  1. Liam, 10 baby boys
  2. Benjamin, 9
  3. Carter, Hunter, Oliver, William, and Wyatt (5-way tie), 8 each
  4. Ethan, Jack, Mason, and Noah (4-way tie), 7 each

These rankings are based on provisional data covering the year up to December 17th. (By that date, 633 baby girls and 598 baby boys had been born.)

I didn’t post 2018 rankings for PEI, but in 2017 the top two names were Ava and Liam.

Source: Here are P.E.I.’s top baby names of 2019

Popular Baby Names in New York City, 2018

According to New York City’s Department of Health, the most popular baby names in the city in 2018 were Emma and Liam.

Here are New York City’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names

  1. Emma (501 born in NYC in 2018)
  2. Isabella
  3. Sophia
  4. Mia
  5. Olivia
  6. Ava
  7. Leah
  8. Sarah
  9. Amelia
  10. Chloe

Boy Names

  1. Liam (779 born in NYC in 2018)
  2. Noah
  3. Ethan
  4. Jacob
  5. Aiden
  6. David
  7. Lucas
  8. Matthew
  9. Daniel
  10. Alexander

In the girls’ top 10, Amelia and Chloe replace Emily and Abigail.

In the boys’ top 10, Alexander replaces Jayden.

In 2017, the top two names were also Emma and Liam.

Within each of the five boroughs, the top baby names were…

  • Manhattan: Emma and Noah
  • Bronx: Isabella and Liam
  • Brooklyn: Esther and David
  • Queens: Mia and Liam
  • Staten Island: Mia and Michael

And, finally, a few of the baby names bestowed just 10 times each in NYC last year were the girl names Aminah, Ida and Zadie, and the boy names Bentley, Lucian and Warren.

Source: The Top Baby Names of 2018

Popular Baby Names in Ontario, 2018

According to the Government of Ontario, the most popular baby names in the province in 2018 were Olivia and Liam.

Here are Ontario’s top 5 girl names and top 5 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names

  1. Olivia
  2. Emma
  3. Charlotte
  4. Amelia
  5. Ava

Boy Names

  1. Liam
  2. Noah
  3. Lucas
  4. William
  5. Benjamin

In the boys’ top 5, Lucas replaces Logan.

The girls’ top 5, on the other hand, features the same 5 names.

In 2017, the top two names overall were Olivia and Noah.

Source: Olivia and Liam are the Most Popular Baby Names in Ontario

Popular Baby Names in Switzerland, 2018

According to data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), the most popular baby names in Switzerland in 2018 were Emma and Liam.

Here are the country’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:

Girl Names

  1. Emma, 504 baby girls
  2. Mia, 445
  3. Sofia, 342
  4. Lea, 325
  5. Elena, 319
  6. Emilia, 307
  7. Mila, 301
  8. Anna, 299
  9. Laura, 277
  10. Lena, 275

Boy Names

  1. Liam, 446 baby boys
  2. Noah, 443
  3. Leon, 344
  4. Luca, 332
  5. Elias, 326
  6. Gabriel, 324
  7. Matteo, 313
  8. Louis, 301
  9. Ben, 281
  10. David, 265

In the girls’ top 10, Elena, Mila, and Laura replace Lina, Lara, and Nina.

In the boys’ top 10, Louis replaces Samuel.

Here are the top baby names within each of Switzerland’s main language groups:

  • German speakers (63% of the population)
    • Top 3 girl names: Mia, Emma, Lea
    • Top 3 boy names: Noah, Leon, Elias
  • French speakers (23%)
    • Top 3 girl names: Emma, Alice, Eva
    • Top 3 boy names: Liam, Gabriel, Arthur
  • Italian speakers (8%)
    • Top 3 girl names: Sofia, Alice, Emily
    • Top 3 boy names: Leonardo, Liam, Alessandro
  • Romansh speakers (less than 1%)
    • Top girl name: Chiara, Clara, Emilia, Gianna, Hanna, Joana, Lana, Lara, Lena, Lenia, Lia, Mara (at least a 10-way tie)
    • Top boy name: Alessio, Laurin, Liam, Men (4-way tie)

In 2017, the top names in the country overall were Emma and Noah.

Sources: Vornamen der Neugeborenen – Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Not a Heidi in sight: The most popular Swiss baby names in 2018 – The Local