Lorcan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lorcan: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #31, and it stood at #125 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
119times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#31highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lorcan's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#845
1998	#716
1999	#499
2000	#527
2001	#524
2002	#481
2003	#761
2004	#667
2005	#766
2006	#711
2007	#677
2008	#916
2009	#923
2010	#970
2011	#743
2012	#885
2013	#730
2014	#597
2015	#692
2016	#616
2017	#761
2018	#675
2019	#650
2020	#739
2021	#659
2022	#688
2023	#608
2024	#691

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 every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #54 among boys in Northern Ireland, #137 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #691 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #147 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #31 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #125 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lorcan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,518 births with the name.

Lorcan 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.

Lorcan'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	#147 (1964)	#87 (2015)	#125 (2025)	62 of 62	2,518 (1964–2025)	86 (2015)
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#481 (2002)	#691 (2024)	29 of 29	1,172 (1996–2024)	59 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#143 (1997)	#31 (2023)	#54 (2024)	28 of 28	1,064 (1997–2024)	62 (2019)

Lorcan 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 Lorcan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	91	6 of 10	15
1970s	191	10 of 10	19
1980s	319	10 of 10	32
1990s	413	10 of 10	41
2000s	603	10 of 10	60
2010sbusiest	669	10 of 10	67
2020s	232	6 of 10	39

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 67 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 28, from 38 to 66.

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

Lorcan 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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #31 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Lorcan'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	#691	52	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#608	59	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#688	49	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#659	55	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#739	44	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#650	54	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#675	51	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#761	45	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#616	58	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#692	48	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#597	59	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#885	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#743	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#677	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#711	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#766	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#667	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#481	45	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#524	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#527	37	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#499	40	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#845	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#54	45	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#31	62	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#53	50	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#57	51	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#48	53	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#44	62	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#54	53	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#68	47	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#81	40	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#71	48	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#73	44	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#82	38	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#67	49	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#80	44	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#88	37	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#93	34	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#97	35	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#88	37	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#80	39	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#89	33	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#82	34	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#115	20	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#109	22	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#96	27	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#129	15	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#115	18	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#130	15	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#143	12	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	43	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	38	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	36	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	34	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	46	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	35	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	48	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	52	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	58	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	75	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	86	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	76	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	61	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	68	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	70	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	75	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	82	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#93	85	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	64	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	59	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	46	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	66	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	38	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	51	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#93	57	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	55	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	50	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	41	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	39	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	38	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	38	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	34	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	51	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	45	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	36	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	41	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	47	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	45	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	23	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	30	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	31	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	35	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	23	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	31	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	32	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	20	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	21	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	24	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	24	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	14	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	17	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	25	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	21	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	15	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	14	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	17	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	11	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 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #31, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 86 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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.

Lora · #467, 29y
Loraine · #117, 30y
Lord · #2189, 21y
Lorelai · #444, 17y

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.

Brendon · #31, 57y
Cathal · #31, 62y
Colm · #32, 62y
Dermot · #30, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Brendon · #31, 57y
Cathal · #31, 62y
Emilia · #31, 54y
Felix · #31, 60y

Lorcan was ranked #31 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Lorcan 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 Lorcan without appearing here.

Lorcan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #761 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #667 and #1347.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #716 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #499 and #1082.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #970 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #743 and #1303.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #716 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #499 and #973.

Moved ahead of Lorcan

Oskar Compare
In 2002 they stood at #481 and #502 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #761 and #445.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #923 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #970 and #668.
Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #853 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #845 and #678.
Cillian Compare
In 2011 they stood at #743 and #798 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #885 and #734.

Moved the opposite way to Lorcan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 while Aaron went from #11 to #187.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 while Adam went from #10 to #38.
Andrew Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 while Andrew went from #5 to #216.
Anthony Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 while Anthony went from #70 to #202.

Moved the same way as Lorcan

Caleb Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 and Caleb from #192 to #26.
Carter Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 and Carter from #192 to #114.
Charlie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 and Charlie from #160 to #8.
Cillian Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Lorcan went from #143 to #54 and Cillian from #179 to #2.

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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #31 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lorcan

Lorcan at a glance

What stands out in Lorcan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lorcan across 3 official records

Lorcan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lorcan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lorcan

Lorcan and the names beside it

Lorcan moved ahead of

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Lorcan at a glance

What stands out in Lorcan's record

Lorcan across 3 official records

Lorcan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lorcan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lorcan

Lorcan and the names beside it

Lorcan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lorcan

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