First, a little history.
Liam seems to me the name in the top 10 that is newest to U.S. name royalty. This is not his first year ranked #2, but it is only his 4th year to be among the 10 most popular names for boys. It's only his 5th year to be in the top 20 names. Liam has only been ranked among the top 50 names for 7 years now. He has spent a total of 10 years ranked in the top 100. But that's just how long he's been among the MOST popular names given. He's been among what I call 'the most familiar' names given since 1994, which rather corresponds to the time since actor Liam Neeson became 'a household name'. Personally. I don't recall ever having heard of Liam as a name until I became familiar with Liam Neeson due to movies like Rob Roy (with one of my favorite actresses, Jessica Lange). That is to say, Liam has been one of the top 500 names given since then. So how long has he been in the top 1000 baby names given? Once you leave the top 500 and start talking about the top 1000 names given you are talking about names like:
Rank in 2015 1994 1967 1916 Year Rank was Highest
(year Liam 1st entered
the top 1000 names) with rank in ( )
Darius 501 155 590 -- 1991 -1992 (152)
Douglas 618 156 33 151 1942 (23)
Briggs 745 -- -- -- 2015 (745)
Reginald 875 295 126 346 1968 (118)
Yehuda 953 -- -- -- 2012 (897)
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