NameTides

Lachlan

Lachlan was the #606 boys' name in the US in 2025 (468 babies), and #283 in England & Wales and #257 in Canada.

Lachlan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lachlan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern IrelandUS
Lachlan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#606 (468)#283 (159)#79 (65)#344 (4)#317 (13)#257 (131)#34 (171)#44 (137)
2024#695 (389)#328 (134)#88 (58)#278 (6)#302 (13)#261 (125)#38 (164)#45 (143)
2023#771 (333)#393 (101)#113 (47)#272 (6)#268 (16)#270 (116)#39 (171)#51 (117)
2022#746 (345)#423 (97)#85 (66)#352 (4)#306 (14)#270 (119)#25 (218)#42 (135)
2021#725 (356)#393 (110)#75 (78)#226 (9)#390 (9)#228 (152)#20 (274)#27 (201)
2020#705 (358)#347 (129)#101 (55)—#294 (15)#235 (142)#26 (239)#36 (167)
2019#689 (369)#454 (89)#101 (58)—#268 (17)#230 (156)#32 (223)#34 (188)
2018#687 (355)#397 (108)#121 (49)—#329 (12)#221 (165)#24 (260)#30 (185)
2017#698 (353)#423 (103)#89 (67)—#394 (9)#230 (158)#12 (341)#29 (188)
2016#698 (354)#398 (109)#92 (72)#421 (3)#263 (18)#222 (165)#11 (370)#15 (239)
2015#767 (311)#363 (122)#90 (75)#342 (4)#355 (11)#271 (127)#12 (361)#15 (232)
2014#909 (236)#558 (65)#160 (37)—#468 (7)#250 (139)#16 (375)#10 (269)
2013#974 (205)#546 (66)#105 (61)#343 (4)#534 (5)#328 (94)#8 (463)#11 (286)
2012#1,032 (188)#492 (77)#111 (58)—#401 (9)#280 (116)#7 (524)#12 (297)
2011#1,056 (178)#510 (70)#107 (62)—#540 (5)#352 (84)#3 (590)#10 (341)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #606.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1952.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lachlan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lachlan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #374WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #364WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #438ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #512INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #667CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #346CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #439MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #856TXFlorida: #846FL
Lachlan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25853

Lachlan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LachlanCanadaGirls—too few
LachlanCanadaBoys#257131
LachlanEngland & WalesBoys#283159
LachlanIrelandBoys#31713
LachlanNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
LachlanNSWBoys#34171
LachlanScotlandBoys#7965
LachlanUSGirls#10,1079
LachlanUSBoys#606468
LachlanVICBoys#44137