Lochlain

maleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#421highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2020

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2006	#4052
2007	#4333
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2012	#4805
2014	#4632
2016	#4810
2020	#3848

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 9 of the 19 years from 2002 to 2020.

In 2016: #421 among boys in Northern Ireland, #4810 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #3848 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Lochlain 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 Lochlain in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010s	13	4 of 10	3
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

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

Lochlain appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #421 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Lochlain'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2002 and 2020, ranked in 9 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #421, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 4 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 14 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,848position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
14 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
4births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

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.

Llywelyn · #1199, 28y
Lochie · #404, 11y
Lochlainn · #154, 25y
Lochlan · #60, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Charleen · #420, 13y
Kacie-Leigh · #426, 14y
Larson · #415, 14y
Loghan · #415, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Evie-Mae · #420, 22y
Kirill · #422, 21y
Lilly-Mai · #420, 20y
Dolcie · #419, 26y

Lochlain was ranked #421 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2016. 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.

Lochlain 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 Lochlain without appearing here.

Lochlain moved ahead of

Anders Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4810 and #2556 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.
Brooke Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 2002 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #421 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lochlain

Lochlain at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lochlain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lochlain appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Lochlain

Lochlain and the names beside it

Lochlain moved ahead of

Lochlain at a glance

Lochlain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lochlain appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Lochlain

Lochlain and the names beside it

Lochlain moved ahead of