How Many People Are Named Lachlan?
people named Lachlan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 53,934 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,398 babies named Lachlan in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
477 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a Scottish nickname for a person who was from Norway. In Scotland, Norway was known as the "land of the lochs", or Lochlann.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lachlan, 4.6% were girls and 95.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 2.6% of the babies were girls then and 4.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lachlan alive today is about 9 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lachlan first appears in the records in 1952, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 477 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lachlan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #606, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #606.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #606 |
| Best rank | #606 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #832 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lachlan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lachlan were born in California than in any other state: about 531 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lachlan was given 2.9 times as often in Washington, 2.6 times in Colorado and 2.5 times in Minnesota.
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