Lochlyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOK-lin
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Lochlyn is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “land of lochs”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Lochlyn mean?
Scottish: variant of Lochlan or Lachlan, with the -lyn ending
“land of lochs”
A spelling of Lochlan; Lochlann was the Gaelic name for the homeland of the Norse raiders, usually taken to be Norway.
Is Lochlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lochlyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Lochlyn in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lochlyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lochlyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Lochlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Lochlyn, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002. 9 boys were also named Lochlyn in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Lochlyn than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Lochlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were given Lochlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,979, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, 77% of the babies named Lochlyn in the US were girls.
Lochlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
Nicknames for Lochlyn
- Lochie 20 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lochlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Brody, Kayden, Finley, Cassian, Conan, Callan, Rowan, Aiden, Kian, Declan
Other spellings of Lochlyn
Names related to Lochlyn
More Scottish names
Isla, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Reid
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lochlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lochlyn, updated 20 October 2026.