Lochlainn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lochlainn: Recorded since 1980, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #154, and it stood at #272 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#154highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lochlainn's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2012	#3416
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2020	#3848
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2023	#3112
2024	#3254

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 Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 46 years from 1980 to 2025.

In 2024: #154 among boys in Northern Ireland, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1980–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #154 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2008–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #272 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lochlainn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1980, and has registered 154 births with the name.

Lochlainn 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.

Lochlainn'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1980)	#272 (2025)	#272 (2025)	24 of 46	154 (1980–2025)	16 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#2943 (1999)	#3254 (2024)	10 of 26	41 (1999–2024)	6 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#328 (2008)	#154 (2024)	#154 (2024)	15 of 17	109 (2008–2024)	14 (2024)

Lochlainn by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Lochlainn in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	20	6 of 10	3
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	58	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lochlainn 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 3 regions, from 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Lochlainn'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#154	14	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#169	13	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#221	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#176	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#254	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#381	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1980 and 2025, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #154, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 28 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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Lochlann · #178, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Kiernan · #155, 23y
Inaya · #156, 26y
Dua · #151, 26y
Jemima · #157, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Aya · #154, 35y
Eimhear · #154, 26y
Shaunna · #154, 18y
Lennon · #153, 31y

Lochlainn was ranked #154 in Northern Ireland · 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.

Lochlainn 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 Lochlainn without appearing here.

Lochlainn moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Lochlainn

Tommy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #328 and #378 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #311 and #149.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #311 and #375 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #403 and #273.
Jesse Compare
In 2021 they stood at #176 and #200 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #221 and #125.
Arthur Compare
In 2010 they stood at #328 and #378 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #311 and #231.

Moved the opposite way to Lochlainn

Daithi Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #500 to #272 while Daithi went from #245 to #509.
Aaron Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #328 to #154 while Aaron went from #14 to #187.
Adam Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #328 to #154 while Adam went from #12 to #38.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #328 to #154 while Alex went from #32 to #108.

Moved the same way as Lochlainn

Gary Compare
Between 1980 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #321 to #472 and Gary from #39 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 1980 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #321 to #472 and Kenneth from #41 to #785.
Phillip Compare
Between 1980 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #321 to #472 and Phillip from #241 to #785.
Geoffrey Compare
Between 1980 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlainn went from #321 to #509 and Geoffrey from #146 to #779.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #154 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lochlainn

Lochlainn at a glance

What stands out in Lochlainn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lochlainn across 3 official records

Lochlainn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lochlainn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Lochlainn

Lochlainn and the names beside it

Lochlainn moved ahead of

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Lochlainn at a glance

What stands out in Lochlainn's record

Lochlainn across 3 official records

Lochlainn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lochlainn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Lochlainn

Lochlainn and the names beside it

Lochlainn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lochlainn

Moved the opposite way to Lochlainn

Moved the same way as Lochlainn