Boys' name · since 1997
Lorcan
Lorcan has 261 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,429 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,569 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lorcan is the #8569 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 261 recorded since 1997.
Lorcan has 261 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8569 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #11,429 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,569 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 261 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lorcan ranks #11,429 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,569 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 261 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,429 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,569 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lorcan's 261 recorded births place it above 74.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lorcan compares
261 43rd 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
Lorcan's all-time total is 29% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lorcan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 261 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lorcan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lorcan splits its recorded history at 2012: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lorcan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Lorcan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Lorcan's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Lorcan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Lorcan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Lorcan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1997–2025 (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 Lorcan 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.