NameTides

Lochlan

Lochlan was the #644 boys' name in the US in 2025 (433 babies), and #257 in England & Wales and #336 in Canada.

Lochlan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lochlan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Lochlan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#644 (433)#257 (179)#72 (68)#237 (8)#207 (23)#336 (98)
2024#777 (323)#290 (154)#60 (82)#202 (10)#374 (10)#404 (80)
2023#823 (297)#281 (163)#82 (64)#181 (12)#224 (20)#387 (75)
2022#804 (312)#335 (129)#81 (67)#163 (13)#349 (12)#322 (98)
2021#791 (311)#352 (127)#97 (61)#226 (9)#414 (8)#346 (95)
2020#728 (337)#384 (111)#104 (54)#213 (9)#402 (9)#312 (102)
2019#705 (354)#388 (111)#111 (52)#418 (3)#312 (14)#306 (107)
2018#682 (359)#374 (120)#118 (51)#195 (11)#435 (8)#283 (121)
2017#736 (323)#365 (126)#113 (55)#318 (5)#336 (12)#244 (151)
2016#770 (314)#380 (119)#115 (59)#175 (14)#283 (16)#302 (115)
2015#841 (267)#313 (149)#111 (59)#342 (4)#274 (17)#346 (91)
2014#909 (236)#558 (65)#165 (35)#315 (5)#468 (7)#287 (119)
2013#937 (213)#709 (46)#215 (22)—#404 (9)#331 (92)
2012#1,195 (150)#654 (52)#216 (22)#403 (3)#457 (7)#379 (78)
2011#1,565 (100)#798 (38)#386 (8)—#455 (7)#425 (66)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #644.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 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 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 290common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lochlan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lochlan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #393WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #382WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #373MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #363MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #845TXFlorida: #777FL
Lochlan (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#39732

Lochlan (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
LochlanCanadaGirls—too few
LochlanCanadaBoys#33698
LochlanEngland & WalesBoys#257179
LochlanIrelandBoys#20723
LochlanNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
LochlanScotlandBoys#7268
LochlanUSGirls#8,86011
LochlanUSBoys#644433