How Many People Are Named Lorcan?
people named Lorcan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,324,747 people in the US has this name
Based on 261 babies named Lorcan in Social Security records from 1997 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "little fierce one", derived from Irish Gaelic lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lorcan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lorcan alive today is about 12 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lorcan first appears in the records in 1997 and was given most often in 2018, to 17 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1997 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lorcan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,445, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #8,652.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,652 |
| Best rank | #5,445 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,891 in the 2010s |
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