Lachlan
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Lachlan
Lachlan is as Scottish as haggis and tartan plaid kilts—a favorite used throughout England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand—and just beginning to be noticed in the US: it reached the Top 1000 for the first time in 2013. An ancient name, Lachlan was originally used to describe the Viking invaders of Scotland, those from the land of the lochs.
Americans and Australians tend to pronounce the first syllable of the name like Lock, but the genuine Scottish pronunciation sounds more like Lack.
In Ireland, the name was Anglicized as Laughlin; in Scotland the pet forms are Lach, Lachie, or Lockie.
Lachlan has been a top name in Australia for at least a decade. It has been in the headlines recently via the eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Somewhat surprisingly, Lachlan has US presidential cred, as the son of tenth president John Tyler, whose other children included Lyon, Letitia, Tazewell, and Pearl.
Lachlan is also given to girls, where it ranks #10536 in the US.
Pronounced LAK-lun.
As of October 2026, Lachlan ranked #606 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #107.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #911 | 236 | 122.9 |
| 2015 | #767 | 311 | 162.3 |
| 2016 | #701 | 354 | 186.5 |
| 2017 | #699 | 353 | 190.7 |
| 2018 | #687 | 355 | 195.5 |
| 2019 | #690 | 369 | 205.7 |
| 2020 | #705 | 358 | 207.4 |
| 2021 | #726 | 356 | 203.5 |
| 2022 | #746 | 345 | 197.6 |
| 2023 | #771 | 333 | 194.7 |
| 2024 | #691 | 389 | 225.8 |
| 2025 | #606 | 468 | 274 |
World rankings
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Lachlan on lists
Famous Lachlans
- Lachlan MacquarieBoy
Australian politician; Governor of New South Wales
- Lachlan Keith MurdochBoy
Australian businessman; son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch
- Lachlan BuchananBoy
Australian actor
- Lachlan KeeffeBoy
Australian rules footballer
- Lachlan HansenBoy
Australian rules footballer
- Lachlan PlowmanBoy
Australian rules footballer
- Lachlan NieboerBoy
English actor
- Lachlan David "Lachie" TurnerBoy
Australian rugby union player
- Lachlan WestBoy
member of Australian band The Griswolds
- Lachlan Ross Power aka LachlanPlayzBoy
Australian YouTuber
- Lachlan TylerBoy
son of 10th U.S. President John Tyler
- Lachlan Stephens (b. 2012)Boy
son of tennis player Cara Black and Brett Stephens
- Lachlan CaskeyBoy
member of Australian band Last Dinosaurs
- Lachlan WatsonBoy
nonbinary actor in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Lachlan in pop culture
- Lachlan LuthorBoy
character on TV's "Smallville"
- Lachlan "Lachie" FraserBoy
character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
- Lachlan MooreBoy
character on TV's "Jane the Virgin"
- Lachlan DrakeBoy
character in "American Horror Story: Hotel"