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[Facts] Re: Liam
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Where do you see it becoming suddenly popular?I can see mostly steady marches to the top in the countries that I have in my databases:
http://www.babynames.ch/Info/Rankings/naLiamSee especially the steady rise in the US over many years from 1994 (rank 360) to 2013 (rank 2).
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On the US popularity list here. Liam was #104 in 2005 and #2 in 2013 steadily going up.
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I see. My own understanding of "suddenly" was more sudden...I don't want to spam this forum with links to my own website, but I think my hitparade comparison feature is very handy here and right on-topic - it shows that between 2005 and 2013 the rise of Liam is indeed noteworthy. However, there are quite a number of other names like Eli and Oliver that rose 100 or more places in the same time:
http://www.babynames.ch/Info/Hitparade/poUs2013m?compHitparade=poUs2005mThe important difference to Liam is that those other names are nowhere near the top, at least not yet.
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