NameTides

Locke

Locke was the #2,183 boys' name in the US in 2025 (65 babies), and #1,944 in Canada.

Locke as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Locke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Locke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,183 (65)—#1,944 (10)
2024#2,476 (55)—#1,764 (11)
2023#2,188 (65)#4,992 (3)#2,614 (6)
2022#2,355 (60)—#1,759 (10)
2021#2,732 (46)#3,017 (6)#2,260 (7)
2020#2,113 (66)#3,848 (4)#2,197 (7)
2019#2,364 (57)#3,937 (4)#2,440 (6)
2018#2,325 (57)#3,412 (5)—
2017#2,217 (60)#3,996 (4)#1,852 (9)
2016#1,959 (74)#3,079 (6)#2,718 (5)
2015#2,641 (46)#3,908 (4)#2,139 (7)
2014#2,082 (67)#2,964 (6)#2,133 (7)
2013#3,060 (36)——
2012#3,530 (30)——
2011#2,950 (39)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #1,959.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 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 26,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Locke is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 31,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Locke by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Locke (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#1,3557

Locke (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
LockeCanadaBoys#1,94410
LockeEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LockeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LockeUSBoys#2,18365