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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Iam

Iam was the 1681st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 98 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,467 places. More babies were named Iam in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,681 boys, up 2,381 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
98boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202598 babies
Total since 1880
561babies recorded

Iam popularity since 1880

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Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#1,68198
2020#4,06225
2010#11,2596
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How popular is Iam, counting every spelling?

Iam has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Iam?

98 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Iam (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Iam born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 85 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Iam.

Chance of another Iam in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inNew Yorkunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Iam?

About 600 people born in the US named Iam are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 9. That makes Iam a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Iam by state

How common Iam was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (1.7×). In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Iam, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Iam: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Iam, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Iam

How popular is the name Iam?

Iam was the 1681st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 98 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,467 places. More babies were named Iam in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Iam a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Iam in the US.

Where is Iam most popular?

In 2021–2025, Iam was most common in Texas (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and New Jersey.