Locklin — #11868 US boys' name
40 babies named Locklin in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to boys today.
70% of everyone ever named Locklin was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Locklin in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Locklin
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Locklin between 2014 and 2024, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Locklin currently holds the #11868 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Locklin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Locklin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Locklin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Locklin 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 40 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.
Locklin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Locklin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2014
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #11868 among boys.
40 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 7 births in a single year.
Locklin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Locklin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Locklin accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Locklin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28 births that decade — 70% of Locklin's all-time total
Locklin decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Locklin's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% 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, 2014–2024 (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.