Lorcan
Lorcan is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
- Irish
Meaning & Origin of Lorcan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lorcan is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
The Story of Lorcan
The earliest SSA record of Lorcan as a baby boy name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Lorcan — #5,319 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Lorcan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Lorcan ranks #6,184 for baby boys with 14 births, rising sharply (+19% over the past five years). All told, over 280 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lorcan
Lorcan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 280 births in the dataset. Lorcan's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #5,319. Use the chart and map above to compare Lorcan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.