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Trent vs Liam

How Trent 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.

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Trent

Male · English

Meaning: Refers To The English River Trent. Surname.

Liam

Male · Gaelic

Meaning: Helmeted

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Trent (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 Trent Liam
Peak year (most US births) 2001 — 1,719 boys 2024 — 22,164 boys
Peak rank #208 #1
Most recent rank (2020) #941 (234 births) #1 (20,818 births)
Total US births since 1880 18,880 343,615
Last 10 years (2011–2020) 4,916 202,429

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Liam reached 22,164 US births in 2024 — 20,445 more than Trent'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.

Trent — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Mississippi #498 26
2 Maryland #504 74
3 Pennsylvania #620 157
4 New Jersey #672 62
5 Virginia #680 71

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 →