Lochlann

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lochlann: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 24 years, it reached #178 in 2018, and it stood at #188 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#178highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lochlann's record

Absent from every published list for 24 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#1821
1999	#1383
2000	#1048
2001	#1467
2002	#1651
2003	#1962
2004	#1878
2005	#1716
2006	#2282
2007	#2741
2008	#2775
2009	#1649
2010	#2036
2011	#2613
2012	#2721
2013	#2403
2014	#2248
2015	#1902
2016	#1234
2017	#2052
2018	#1786
2019	#2488
2020	#1431
2021	#1984
2022	#1692
2023	#1906
2024	#1322

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 Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

In 2024: #246 among boys in Scotland, #302 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1322 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #320 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #178 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2006–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #188 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lochlann appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 284 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1973.

Lochlann 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.

Lochlann'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	#320 (1973)	#188 (2025)	#188 (2025)	26 of 53	338 (1973–2025)	25 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#1821 (1998)	#1048 (2000)	#1322 (2024)	27 of 27	284 (1998–2024)	22 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#257 (2006)	#178 (2018)	#339 (2024)	14 of 19	94 (2006–2024)	13 (2018)

Lochlann 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 Lochlann in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	2 of 10	8
2000s	88	10 of 10	9
2010s	107	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	74	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Lochlann 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 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Lochlann'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1234	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#252	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#242	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#178	13	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#194	11	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#259	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	25	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	23	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	17	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	22	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	22	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#246	16	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 1973 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #178, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 24 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 51 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.

Lochlainn · #154, 25y
Lochlan · #60, 29y
Lockie · #619, 10y
Locryn · #2483, 11y

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.

Darci · #178, 30y
Lila · #178, 30y
Alara · #179, 28y
Aliza · #177, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Stacy · #178, 41y
Lia · #177, 43y
Livia · #177, 32y
Aonghus · #180, 30y

Lochlann was ranked #178 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2018. 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.

Lochlann 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 Lochlann without appearing here.

Lochlann moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.
Kristoffer Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1821 and #1821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1048 and #3036.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1431 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Lochlann

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1962 and #1092.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1649 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2036 and #1201.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #1347.

Moved the opposite way to Lochlann

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 while Adrian went from #43 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 while Alan went from #10 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 while Andrew went from #38 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 while Anthony went from #15 to #135.

Moved the same way as Lochlann

Aaron Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 and Aaron from #157 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 and Adam from #143 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 and Alex from #268 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lochlann went from #320 to #188 and Alexander from #145 to #55.

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 4 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lochlann

Lochlann at a glance

What stands out in Lochlann's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lochlann across 3 official records

Lochlann by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lochlann appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Lochlann and the names beside it

Lochlann moved ahead of

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Lochlann at a glance

What stands out in Lochlann's record

Lochlann across 3 official records

Lochlann by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lochlann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lochlann

Lochlann and the names beside it

Lochlann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lochlann

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