Lochlain
#13,146 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lochlain has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #13,146 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 6 recorded.
Babies named Lochlain, 2025
1 in 663,000
Lochlain over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Lochlain?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 342,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #13,146
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lochlain sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lochlain. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lochlains were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lochlain was born before 2006 — so the typical Lochlain is around 19 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 77.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 22
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 77.3% of all recorded uses (17).
Is Lochlain rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 83.3%
- Peak was 2005 (6)
- Years since peak
- 20
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Very steady
- 0% average annual change
Spellings of Lochlain
Lochlain is not the most common spelling — Lachlan is, with 55.6% against Lochlain's 0.20%.
Lochlain around the world
Where Lochlain ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2002–2020#3,848in 2020
- Northern Ireland2016–2016#421in 2016
- Canada2006–2006#2,447in 2006
- South Australia2000–2006#657in 2006
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Lochlain by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Lochlain
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lochlain
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.