Loc — boys' name

What the Data Says About Loc

The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Loc between 1979 and 2021, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loc currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loc performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Loc shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loc in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loc in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 280 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.