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Kyron vs Liam

How Kyron and Liam compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

Open Name Tournament

Kyron

Male · English

Meaning: Unknown

Liam

Male · Gaelic

Meaning: Helmeted

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Kyron (boys) vs Liam (boys), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Kyron Liam
Peak year (most US births) 2010 — 261 boys 2024 — 22,164 boys
Peak rank #822 #1
Most recent rank (2011) #887 (234 births) #1 (20,818 births)
Total US births since 1880 495 343,615
Last 10 years (2002–2011) 495 202,429

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Liam reached 22,164 US births in 2024 — 21,903 more than Kyron's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name list.

Kyron — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Louisiana #577 66
2 Oklahoma #675 18
3 Alabama #702 31
4 Tennessee #806 29

Liam — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Nevada #1 1,758
2 New Jersey #1 6,079
3 Florida #1 14,195
4 Oklahoma #1 1,983
5 New York #1 12,930

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →