Lochlan

What Lochlan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lochlan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #841 in 2015 to #644 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lochlan?

US: Rising: up from #841 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #313 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 433 boys got the name (#644 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 3,945 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,519 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 289 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys), NH (1.11 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.63 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lochlan is #644 in the US and #257 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.5% of US babies named Lochlan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lachlan468 US · 159 E&W
• Lochlann35 US · 26 E&W
• Lachlann11 US · 10 E&W
• Lochlainn7 US · 8 E&W
• Lochlyn9 US
• Lochlain5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lochlan

Boys

• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Kian#400Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

For a sister

• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Kenna#759“descendant of Cionaodh”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Alaina#224Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Alayna#332Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lochlan’s. Rank is US 2025.