Other Irish boy names now past their peak include Finn, Connor and Declan.' 'We expect it to slip in the rankings soon.
' Liam is beginning to fall in usage,' says Sophie Kihm, the editor-in-chief of baby-naming site Nameberry. The name Liam, for example, is currently the most-used baby boy name, and it's been in the top spot since 2017, But will it stay that way? If you look at the most recent list of the most popular baby boy names in the United States, you can see that Irish baby boy names are having a moment.