girls:
269 births since 1996
#5447 (5th percentile)
boys:
5.2k births since 1952
#1651 (64th percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1952
#3667 (53rd percentile)
The name Lachlan is the #3,667 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,516 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 52.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,651 (64.0% percentile) for all time with 5,247 births since 1952. For girls, it ranks #5,447 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 269 births since 1996.
Lachlan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Lachlan is available in 42 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 21 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lachlan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Lachlan reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 36.5% percentile (ranked #583) with 192 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 194 births per million (ranked 36.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1992, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lachlan ranks #601 for boys (34.1% percentile) with 181 births per million, which is 93.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lachlan reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #922) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lachlan ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 70.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lachlan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lachlan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.6% confident that Lachlan is pronounced as LAHK-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAK-luhn, at 24.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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