Lochlyn
#7,008 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lochlyn has been given to 464 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #7,008 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.
Babies named Lochlyn, 2025
1 in 207,000
Lochlyn 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Lochlyn over time
In 2025, Lochlyn went to 64% girls and 36% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Lochlyn?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 207,000
- 16 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 100,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #7,008
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 143,620 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lochlyn 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 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lochlyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lochlyns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lochlyn was born before 2018 — so the typical Lochlyn is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 59.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 354
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 59.9% of all recorded uses (212).
Is Lochlyn 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
- −191
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −496
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,422
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.67×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 48.5%
- Peak was 2014 (33)
- Years since peak
- 11
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 40.9% average annual change
Spellings of Lochlyn
Lochlyn is not the most common spelling — Jocelyn is, with 97.2% against Lochlyn's 0.30%.
Where Lochlyn is used
Across 1910–2025, Lochlyn was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,104,145 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Pennsylvania1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lochlyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lochlyn around the world
Where Lochlyn 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.
- Canada2011–2024#3,027in 2024
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Lochlyn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Lochlyn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lochlyn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.