UK boy's name
Laughlan
Laughlan is a boy's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 13 living people in the UK are called Laughlan. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Laughlan ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #592 in 2016.
- • About 13 living people in the UK are estimated to have Laughlan as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
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Births in -
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Peak year
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Estimated living
13
2026
Geography
Where Laughlan is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Laughlan. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Laughlan ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #592 in 2016.
Across the UK
Laughlan in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#592 in 2016
4 years of NRS records, 13 total registered
Related
Names similar to Laughlan
- Luke 72,247
- Lewis 69,555
- Leo 63,249
- Liam 60,482
- Lucas 49,061
- Logan 40,771
- Louis 35,898
- Luca 30,323
- Louie 24,242
- Leon 22,308
- Levi 9,931
- Lee 7,861
FAQ
Laughlan: questions and answers
Where is Laughlan most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Laughlan ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #592 in 2016. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.