Liem
Boy · LEE-em · Vietnamese
Liem is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “honest, upright”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Liem mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Liêm, Sino-Vietnamese word
“honest, upright”
Separately, Liem is a Dutch short form of Willem (William).
- Say it
- LEE-em
Is Liem a girl's or a boy's name?
Liem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Liem, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Liem in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21,074 boys in the US were given Liem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
Liem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
Names like Liem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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