Lochlann — #3488 US boys' name
408 babies named Lochlann in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Lochlann was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Lochlann in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lochlann
The Social Security Administration has registered 408 babies named Lochlann between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lochlann currently holds the #3488 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lochlann performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lochlann shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Lochlann in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lochlann 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 408 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.
Lochlann at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Lochlann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2019)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #3488 among boys.
408 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 40 births in a single year.
Lochlann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 212 births that decade — 52% of Lochlann's all-time total
Lochlann decade highlights
- Peak decade 212 births
- Runner-up 156 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lochlann's strongest decade
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Lochlann by state
Where Lochlann concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #2 | Washington | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.2% |
6 of 408 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 1.5% of nationwide
- Washington 1.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.