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UnisexOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: steady

LiamIn Hebrew: ליאם · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: לִיאַם

Liam (Hebrew: ליאם) is a unisex name of mixed origin. 13,426 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 501 boys and ranked #36. Its peak year was 2007, with 795 babies.

People in Israel
13,426
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
501
rank #36
Peak year
2007
795 babies
USA, 2025
20,818
rank #1

Writing and saying Liam

In Hebrew letters the name is ליאם, read right to left. Liam is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Liam by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Liam: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Liam in English-speaking countries

Liam in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202520,818#12024 (22,252)
United Kingdom2025887#631997 (5,367)
England and Wales2025763#681996 (5,802)
Scotland202581#511996 (701)
Northern Ireland202543#441999 (97)
Ireland2025313#72009 (457)
British Columbia2023179#42009 (287)
Alberta2025148#82013 (309)
Quebec2025484#32014 (726)
New South Wales2025252#151997 (617)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Liam has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Liam

How do you write Liam in Hebrew?

Liam is written ליאם in Hebrew (with vowel points: לִיאַם). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Liam?

13,426 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ליאם: 3,184 women and 10,242 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Liam a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 24% of the people named ליאם are women and 76% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Liam used outside Israel?

The name Liam appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 20,818 boys were given it in 2025 (#1), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 887 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.