girls:
321 births since 2002
#5395 (6th percentile)
boys:
93 births since 2000
#4493 (2nd percentile)
overall:
414 births since 2000
#7325 (5th percentile)
The name Lochlyn is the #7,325 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 414 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 5.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,395 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 321 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,493 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 93 births since 2000.
Lochlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Lochlyn is available in 17 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023 (16 years for girls and 11 years for boys). 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 Lochlyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.9% of babies named Lochlyn were girls. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 2000 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.7% girls from 2002 to 2023).
For girls, Lochlyn reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #933) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lochlyn is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #922 (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million.
For boys, Lochlyn reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #903) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lochlyn ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 44.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lochlyn".
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