Lochlan

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #644 for boys in 2025, 433 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 433 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,846
since 1998

Lochlan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lochlan has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,86011#644433
2024#8,44312#777323
2023#10,3129#823297
2022#9,68010#804312
2021#8,97811#791311
2020#11,0908#728337
2019#10,4739#705354
2018#10,5459#682359
2017#10,6899#736323
2016#11,7818#770314
2015#13,0067#841267
2014#11,9318#909236
2013#11,9698#937213
2012#16,8695#1,195150
2011—#1,565100
2010—#1,69790
2009—#1,79783
2008—#2,00170
2007—#2,13963
2006—#2,54247
2005—#2,90236
2004—#3,21730
2003—#3,73223
2002—#3,45025
2001—#4,12119
2000—#5,92011
1999—#5,31712
1998—#6,8438
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Lochlan! It came in at #6,843, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1998–2000, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Lochlan is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #219 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 682 boysAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedNHWashington: #515 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,829 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #353 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,774 boysMNIllinois: #893 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 7,376 boysILWisconsin: #601 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,888 boysWIMichigan: #670 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,342 boysMINew York: #1,160 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 10,284 boysNYMassachusetts: #714 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,912 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedRIOregon: #457 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,267 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedSDIowa: #379 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,753 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedINOhio: #595 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,019 boysOHPennsylvania: #554 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,988 boysPANew Jersey: #960 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,318 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,446 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 18,858 boysCAUtah: #508 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,657 boysUTColorado: #783 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,536 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedMOKentucky: #536 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,667 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedWVVirginia: #885 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,070 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedARTennessee: #672 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,568 boysTNNorth Carolina: #835 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,501 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #702 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,154 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,213 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,989 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lochlan, so not publishedHITexas: #1,197 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 12,539 boysTXFlorida: #911 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 7,565 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#219 · 1 in 682
  2. Minnesota#353 · 1 in 1,774
  3. Iowa#379 · 1 in 1,753
  4. Oregon#457 · 1 in 2,267
  5. Utah#508 · 1 in 2,657

Best ever in a state: #201 in New Hampshire, 2016.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#21951 in 682
Minnesota#353161 in 1,774
Iowa#37991 in 1,753
Oregon#45781 in 2,267
Utah#50881 in 2,657
Washington#515131 in 2,829
Kentucky#53661 in 3,667
Pennsylvania#554151 in 3,988
Ohio#595151 in 4,019
Wisconsin#60171 in 3,888
Michigan#670111 in 4,342
Tennessee#67281 in 4,568
Oklahoma#70251 in 4,154
Massachusetts#71451 in 5,912
Colorado#78351 in 5,536
North Carolina#83581 in 6,501
Virginia#88561 in 7,070
Illinois#89391 in 7,376
Florida#911131 in 7,565
New Jersey#96051 in 8,318
New York#1,160101 in 10,284
Texas#1,197151 in 12,539
Georgia#1,21351 in 10,989
California#1,446121 in 18,858
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lochlan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 133 spots since 2024 (#777 → #644)
  • 84 spots since 2020 (#728 → #644)
  • 197 spots since 2015 (#841 → #644)
  • Biggest jump: 258 spots in 2013 (#1,195 → #937)
  • Biggest drop: 63 spots in 2021 (#728 → #791)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2025 at #644 (433 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,945
  • Highest: 1 in 3,945 boys born in 2025 were named Lochlan (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 49.6% of all boys named Lochlan (2,406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s20#5,317 (1999)#6,080
2000s407#1,797 (2009)#3,182
2010s2,406#682 (2018)#1,004
2020s2,013#644 (2025)#761

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lochlan in 2015

girls
#13,006
7 births · 1 in 255,014 girls
boys
#841
267 births · 1 in 7,179 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #13,006Lochlan7

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #841Lochlan267
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 255,014 of them was named Lochlan, which outranked 32.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lochlan
  1. #11,835Zyanne8
  2. #11,835Zykira8
  3. #11,835Zyonnah8
  4. #13,006Lochlan7
  5. #13,006Aabha7
  6. #13,006Aadvika7
  7. #13,006Aaila7
  8. #14,482Aafia6
  9. #14,482Aailyah6
  10. #14,482Aala6

Tied with 1,475 names at #13,006; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 7,179 of them was named Lochlan, which outranked 94.0% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lochlan
  1. #838Maison268
  2. #838Micheal268
  3. #838Rogelio268
  4. #841Lochlan267
  5. #841Cristiano267
  6. #841Henrik267
  7. #844Draven266
  8. #844Otis266
  9. #844Rudy266

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →