Recorded 1915–1926 Boys' name Peak 1915 16 births

Lock — boys' name

16 babies named Lock in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s111920s5
1910s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Lock was born in this single decade.

1915
Single peak year

6 babies were named Lock in 1915 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lock

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Lock between 1915 and 1926, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lock currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lock performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lock shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lock 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 16 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.

Lock at a glance

Last recorded 1926

Total births

16

Since 1915

12 years of records

Peak year

1915

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1926

Active since

1915

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 1926

Lock popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1915

Last recorded 1926
Peak year (1915)
6
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
4.555.566.5 192619171915 6

Lock by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
11 births that decade — 69% of Lock's all-time total
1910s111920s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lock?
16 babies have been named Lock since 1915. It was last recorded in 1926. The peak year was 1915 with 6 births.
When was Lock most popular?
Lock was most popular in the 1910s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Lock been used?
Lock has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 12 years of data through 1926.
What names are similar to Lock?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lochlan, Locke, Lochlann, Loc, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1915–1926 (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.