UK boy's name
Lochie
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Lochie is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Lochie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4270, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2022, with 11 births.
This profile covers 62 England and Wales registrations across 11 recorded years from 2013 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 36% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 114 living people in the UK are called Lochie. 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
- • Lochie ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2022, when 11 boys were registered as Lochie.
- • Lochie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
- • About 114 living people in the UK are estimated to have Lochie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4270
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
2022
11 births
Estimated living
114
2026
Popularity
Lochie over time
The chart below shows babies named Lochie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2013 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Lochie, the clearest high point is 2022. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 11 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lochie by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Lochie was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3161 | 33 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3615 | 29 | 6 |
Geography
Where Lochie is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Lochie. 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.
Lochie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
Across the UK
Lochie in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#404 in 2024
8 years of NRS records, 53 total registered
Related
Names similar to Lochie
- 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
Lochie: questions and answers
How popular is the name Lochie in the UK right now?
In 2024, Lochie was ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Lochie most popular?
The peak year on record was 2022, with 11 babies registered as Lochie in England and Wales.
How many people are called Lochie in the UK?
A total of 62 babies have been registered as Lochie across the 11 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 53 more in Scotland.
Where is Lochie most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Lochie ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #404 in 2024. 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.