girls:
101 births since 2012
#5615 (2nd percentile)
boys:
4.1k births since 1998
#1916 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.2k births since 1998
#4231 (45th percentile)
The name Lochlan is the #4,231 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,190 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 45.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,916 (58.2% percentile) for all time with 4,089 births since 1998. For girls, it ranks #5,615 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 101 births since 2012.
Lochlan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for boys and 2012 for girls).
The name Lochlan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Lochlan reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 36.1% percentile (ranked #584) with 185 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 185 births per million (ranked 36.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lochlan ranks #628 for boys (31.1% percentile) with 162 births per million, which is 87.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lochlan reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #930) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lochlan ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 83.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lochlan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lochlan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.4% confident that Lochlan is pronounced as LAHK-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAWK-luhn, at 13.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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