Kiliam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KIL-ee-ahm
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Kiliam is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “possibly church, or strife”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Kiliam mean?
Irish: Latin American spelling of Kilian (Irish Cillian)
“possibly church, or strife”
A spelling of Kilian, after the 7th-century Irish missionary Saint Kilian, martyred at Wurzburg.
Is Kiliam a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiliam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiliam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 327% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Kiliam, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Kiliam in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiliam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
Names like Kiliam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lahiam Kamazi Eliam Oscar Eziah Khaza Cassian Kasai Kyaire Kaizen Callahan Azaiah
More Irish names
Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kiliam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiliam, updated 20 October 2026.