Lachlan
Lachlan is ranked 691st among boys in 2024 (389 births). Its best rank was 687th, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #691up 80 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3890.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2024389 births
- Best rank
- #687in 2018
- Since 1952
- 5,921people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,640 boys have been named Lachlan in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 389 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 281 girls have also been given it, 4.7% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Lachlan was the 691st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Lachlan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ronanpeak 2024
- Jhettpeak 2018
- Kannonpeak 2020
- Zaynepeak 2021
- Adielpeak 2021
- Samarpeak 2022
- Roenpeak 2024
- Ahmirpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.