How popular is the baby name Lachlan in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Lachlan.

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Popularity of the baby name Lachlan


Posts that mention the name Lachlan

Popular baby names in Queensland (Australia), 2014

According to data from Queensland Government, the most popular baby names in Queensland in 2014 were Olivia and Oliver.

Here are Queensland’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Olivia
2. Charlotte
3. Mia
4. Ruby
5. Sophie
6. Ava
7. Emily
8. Amelia
9. Chloe
10. Isabella		1. Oliver
2. William
3. Jack
4. Noah
5. Harrison
6. Thomas
7. Hunter
8. Cooper
9. Lucas
10. James

Olivia jumped from 7th place to 1st, knocking Charlotte out of the top spot.

Chloe replaced Ella in the girls’ top 10.

Hunter, Lucas and James replaced Ethan, Lachlan and Joshua in the boys’ top 10.

Here are Queensland’s rankings for 2013, 2012, and 2011.

Sources: Queensland’s top baby names for 2014 revealed, 2014 Top 100 Baby Names

Popular baby names in South Australia, 2014

According to data from Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Office, the most popular baby names in South Australia in 2014 were Charlotte and Oliver.

Here are SA’s top 10 girl names and top 10 11 boy names of 2014:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Charlotte, 128 baby girls
2. Grace, 116
3. Chloe, 111
4. Olivia, 109
5. Emily, 106
6. Ava, 103
7. Sophie, 102
8. Amelia, 101 (tie)
9. Mia, 101 (tie)
10. Isabella, 89		1. Oliver, 184 baby boys
2. Jack, 132
3. William, 128
4. Lucas, 124
5. Noah, 112
6. James, 107
7. Lachlan, 93
8. Harrison, 89
9. Charlie, 87 (tie)
10. Liam, 87 (tie)
11. Max, 87 (tie)

Olivia replaced Ruby (which dropped from the 3rd to 13th) in the girls’ top 10.

Harrison replaced Ethan in the boys’ top 10.

Here are South Australia’s rankings for 2012. If you want data going back to the 1940s, download the “Most Popular Baby Names (1944-2013)” file from the Popular Baby Names page of the South Australian Government Data Directory.

Sources: Top 50 names for boys and girls by year, New Name Data Available: Complete Name Data From South Australia, 1944-2013

Popular baby names in Northern Territory (Australia), 2014

According to data from Northern Territory’s Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, the most popular baby names in NT in 2014 were Charlotte and William.

Here are NT’s top girl names and top boy names of 2014:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Charlotte, 18 baby girls
2. Sophie, 17
3. Olivia, 16
4. Lily, 15
5. Amelia, 14
6. Ava, 13 (tie)
7. Grace, 13 (tie)
8. Ruby, 13 (tie)
9. Isla, 12 (tie)
10. Mia, 12 (tie)		1. William, 29 baby boys
2. Noah, 24
3. Jack, 21
4. Thomas, 17
5. Hunter, 16 (tie)
6. James, 16 (tie)
7. Oliver, 16 (tie)
8. Jayden, 15 (tie)
9. Lachlan, 15 (tie)
10. Logan, 14 (tie)

Tied with Isla and Mia is the 11th-place girl name, Scarlett.

Tied with Logan is the 11th-place boy name, Mason.

Here are Northern Territory’s rankings from 2012. For 2013 and for earlier years (going back to 2002) check out the link below.

Source: Popular Names

Popular baby names in Victoria (Australia), 2014

According to the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the most popular baby names in the Australian state of Victoria in 2014 were Olivia and Oliver.

Here are Victoria’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Olivia, 531 baby girls
2. Charlotte, 463
3. Mia, 432
4. Ava, 411
5. Chloe, 397
6. Sophie, 371
7. Amelia, 370
8. Emily, 357
9. Ruby, 337 (tie)
10. Ella, 337 (tie)		1. Oliver, 616 baby boys
2. William, 573
3. Jack, 550
4. Noah, 460
5. Thomas, 424
6. Lucas, 387
7. James, 382
8. Ethan, 376
9. Alexander, 335
10. Mason, 323

Ella replaced Isabella in the girls’ top 10.

Alexander replaced Joshua in the boys’ top 10.

Beyond the top 10…the girls’ top 100 includes both Mila (36th) and Milla (60th), plus the adorable Frankie (95th). The boys’ top 100 includes the conspicuously Scottish Angus (45th) and Hamish (69th), plus the ever-humble Lenny (100th).

“Among the big movers were Arya and Aria, which leapt 18 spots on the list of female names following the popularity of TV series Game of Thrones.”

Here are Victoria’s rankings from 2013 and 2012. And here are more details about Victoria’s top 100 names of 2014 from Waltzing More Than Matilda.

(Olivia and Oliver topped the England and Wales list in both 2009 and 2010, btw.)

Source: Victoria’s top 100 baby names for boys and girls in 2014

UPDATE, Jan. 2016: The rankings have changed slightly since I posted this, so I revised them. (Alexander is now top-10 and Lachlan has been bumped down to 11th.) I didn’t bother changing the text. The 2015 rankings will be up soon.