Lochlainn

Lochlainn was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales.

Lochlainn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Lochlainn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Lochlainn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#9,714 (7)#2,664 (8)—#149 (15)#272 (16)
2024—#3,255 (6)—#154 (14)#472 (7)
2023#12,239 (5)#3,113 (6)—#169 (13)#319 (13)
2022#12,330 (5)#4,790 (3)—#221 (9)#509 (6)
2021#8,825 (8)#3,451 (5)—#176 (13)#498 (6)
2020#9,554 (7)#3,848 (4)—#304 (5)#381 (10)
2019#8,215 (9)——#254 (7)#466 (7)
2018———#365 (4)#435 (8)
2017—#4,812 (3)—#214 (9)#394 (9)
2016#10,744 (6)#4,810 (3)#707 (3)#232 (8)#412 (8)
2015—#4,747 (3)—#342 (4)#421 (8)
2014———#315 (5)#609 (4)
2013———#244 (7)#448 (7)
2012—#3,416 (5)—#403 (3)#718 (3)
2011———#311 (4)#342 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #8,215.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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 250,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 550common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon