Lochlan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lochlan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lochlan: Recorded every year since 1997, its highest recorded position is #60, and it stood at #207 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#60highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1345
1998	#761
1999	#718
2000	#596
2001	#814
2002	#950
2003	#945
2004	#1038
2005	#850
2006	#984
2007	#902
2008	#964
2009	#795
2010	#942
2011	#798
2012	#654
2013	#709
2014	#558
2015	#313
2016	#380
2017	#365
2018	#374
2019	#388
2020	#384
2021	#352
2022	#335
2023	#281
2024	#290

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #60 among boys in Scotland, #202 among boys in Northern Ireland, #290 among boys in England and Wales, #374 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1345 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #207 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lochlan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 1,843 births with the name.

Lochlan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lochlan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1345 (1997)	#281 (2023)	#290 (2024)	28 of 28	1,843 (1997–2024)	163 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#439 (2004)	#207 (2025)	#207 (2025)	20 of 22	198 (2004–2025)	23 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#303 (2010)	#163 (2022)	#202 (2024)	13 of 15	103 (2010–2024)	14 (2016)

Lochlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lochlan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	53	3 of 10	18
2000s	250	10 of 10	25
2010s	856	10 of 10	86
2020sbusiest	684	5 of 10	137

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 137 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births rose by 84, from 65 to 149.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lochlan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in Scotland in 2024.

Lochlan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#290	154	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#281	163	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#335	129	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#352	127	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#384	111	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#388	111	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#374	120	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#365	126	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#380	119	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#313	149	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#558	65	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#709	46	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#654	52	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#798	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#795	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#964	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#902	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#850	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#814	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#761	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#181	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#195	11	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#175	14	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	23	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	20	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	17	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#60	82	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #60, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 163 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brooklyn · #61, 30y
Cheyenne · #63, 29y
Dexter · #63, 29y
Farrah · #63, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Angel · #60, 30y
Tori · #60, 33y
Brayden · #59, 30y
Brooklyn · #61, 30y

Lochlan was ranked #60 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lochlan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lochlan without appearing here.

Lochlan moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1345 and #1345 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #761 and #1642.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1038 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #850 and #1617.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #374 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #207 and #829.
Derek Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1038 and #999 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #850 and #1456.

Moved ahead of Lochlan

Ollie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #596 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #814 and #482.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #795 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #942 and #625.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #945 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1038 and #731.
Archie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #439 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #302.

Moved the opposite way to Lochlan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Lochlan

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lochlan went from #1345 to #290 and Archie from #141 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lochlan

Lochlan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lochlan across 3 official records

Lochlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lochlan appears in

Popularity data

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Lochlan at a glance

Lochlan across 3 official records

Lochlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lochlan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lochlan

Lochlan and the names beside it

Lochlan moved ahead of

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