Boys' name · since 2008

Locklan

Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 182 babies named Locklan, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#13,544 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,716 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
182
born since 2008
2020s
peak decade

182 babies have been named Locklan since 2008, making it today's #6716 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Locklan has been recorded 182 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #6716 nationally and more common than 52% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.

  • #13,544 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #6,716 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 182 born since 2008
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Locklan ranks #13,544 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,716 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 182 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.

#13,544 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,716 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
182
born since 2008
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%51.7%
Locklan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Locklan's 182 recorded births place it above 70.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.

How Locklan compares

182 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Locklan's all-time total is 51% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Locklan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 182 369 358,536
Peak-year births 23 34 22,252

Locklan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Locklan's full recorded timeline at 2017, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Locklan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
23
Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
0510152025 2008201220152018202120242025 13

Locklan by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (90 births, 49% of the file).

2020s was Locklan's strongest decade.

90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.

Locklan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 90 births (49% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Locklan by state

Where Locklan concentrates geographically, total births since 2008

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Locklan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Tennessee
5 2.7%
Tennessee share of Locklan's total US births 2.7%

5 of 182 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Locklan?
Since 2008, Social Security records show 182 babies named Locklan. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #13,544 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #6,716 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 23 births.
Where does Locklan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Locklan ranks #13,544 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,716 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Locklan most popular?
Locklan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Locklan most popular?
The top states for the name Locklan are Tennessee (5 births).
How long has the name Locklan been used?
Records for Locklan go back to 2008, giving 18 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Locklan?
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.

What to do with Locklan's data

  • Tennessee records the most Locklans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Locklan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Locklan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.