Liam and Mila, the Anagram Pair That Went Global
Liam and Mila are spelled with the same letters. No other anagram pair makes the Top 100 in as many countries, in the United States, in France and in Austria.
Baby names usually travel badly. What tops the charts in Ohio rarely makes a dent in Vienna, and the Paris favorites seldom cross the Atlantic. Liam and Mila are the exception, and they happen to be anagrams too.
Country by Country
United States 2025
In the Top 100
- Liam
- 20,846 births
#1 boys - Mila
- 4,802 births
#43 girls
France 2025
In the Top 100
- Liam
- 2,370 births
#16 boys - Mila
- 815 births
#58 girls
Italy 2024
Outside the Top 100
- Liam
- 1,265 births
#29 boys - Mila
- 45 births
#324 girls
Austria 2025
In the Top 100
- Liam
- 340 births
#20 boys - Mila
- 250 births
#27 girls
Liam and Mila in the United States, Year by Year
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Liam hit its record in 2024 with 22,288 births. Mila peaked in 2018 with 8,174 births.
Between Us
The funny part is that no parent picked Liam for its letters. The pair formed on its own, carried by trends, with nobody coordinating from one country to the next.
Common Questions
How Is This Pair Picked?
We compare the 100 most given girl names and the 100 most given boy names in each country, then keep the anagram pair found in the most countries at once. Nobody chooses it, it falls out of the data.
Are Liam and Mila Really Anagrams?
Yes. Both names use exactly the same letters in a different order. The Anagrammio solver confirms it in a second.
How We Count
We take the 100 most given girl names and the 100 most given boy names in the latest year of each country, then look for anagram pairs found in several countries at once. Countries compared United States, France, Italy, Austria. Spain publishes living people rather than births, so it is left out.
Source Social Security Administration, national baby names file, births 1880 to 2025. Names with at least 500 births in total.
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