# Lorcan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorcan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 261 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 261 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,232, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 11,720 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,365 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,868 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,894 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,209 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,980 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,563 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,449 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,981 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,473 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,211 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,352 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,590 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,553 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,656 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 34 | 885 |
| 2013 | 44 | 730 |
| 2014 | 59 | 597 |
| 2015 | 48 | 692 |
| 2016 | 58 | 616 |
| 2017 | 45 | 761 |
| 2018 | 51 | 675 |
| 2019 | 54 | 650 |
| 2020 | 44 | 739 |
| 2021 | 55 | 659 |
| 2022 | 49 | 688 |
| 2023 | 59 | 608 |
| 2024 | 52 | 691 |
| 2025 | 60 | 621 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.