Lyam

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lyam: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lyam: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,467 in 2001, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1467highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#2097
2000	#2142
2001	#1467
2002	#2254
2003	#2470
2004	#3651
2005	#3208
2007	#4333
2010	#2629
2011	#4647
2013	#3822
2014	#3895
2015	#4747
2016	#4023
2021	#2493
2023	#3523
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1467 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Lyam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lyam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	34	7 of 10	5
2010s	25	6 of 10	4
2020s	19	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lyam appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1467 in England and Wales in 2001.

Lyam's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,467, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mubeen · #1467, 25y
Shahzad · #1467, 19y
Sulaymaan · #1467, 25y
Awab · #1469, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amjad · #1467, 28y
Mubeen · #1467, 25y
Shahzad · #1467, 19y
Sulaymaan · #1467, 25y

Lyam and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lyam without appearing here.

Lyam moved ahead of

Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4023 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #4789.
Joakim Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2493 and #4789.
Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Lyam

Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1347.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2493 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Gustav Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3208 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2435.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Lyam

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #1761 to #3254 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #2097 to #3254 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #2097 to #3254 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #2097 to #3254 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Lyam

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #1761 to #3523 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #2863 to #4023 and Brent from #898 to #4810.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #2863 to #4747 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyam went from #2863 to #4747 and Tayla from #1458 to #4747.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1467 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lyam

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Popularity journey

Lyam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Lyam at a glance

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