Loch — #8150 US boys' name
81 babies named Loch in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Loch was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Loch in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loch
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Loch between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loch currently holds the #8150 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loch performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Loch shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loch 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 81 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.
Loch at a glance
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Current rank
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Loch popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #8150 among boys.
81 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 10 births in a single year.
Loch by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 46 births that decade — 57% of Loch's all-time total
Loch decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Loch's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.