Lorcan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning small fierce one; from Old Irish Lorccán.
Babies a year
60
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#621
60 babies · up from #691
Lorcan by the numbers
In 2025, 60 babies in England and Wales were named Lorcan. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lorcan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lorianlaurel; a form of Laurian or Loren5 in the US (2017)
- Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)
- Loghanlittle hollow; a modern respelling of Logan52 in the US (2017)
- Lucanfrom Lucania; a form of Luke6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lonansmall blackbird3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lochansmall lake5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lorcan
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