Locke Boy
How popular is Locke?
#2,183 boy name in 2025
65 baby boys were named Locke in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
Locke popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,183 for boys (▲ 293 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,640 in 2015, #2,113 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (74 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,959 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Locke counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Locke family of names ranked #1,759 for boys in 2025 (#2,020 the year before), with 70 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Locke | 65 | 93% |
| Lock | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Locke is most popular
Babies named Locke per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Locke by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1920s | 12 | #3,865 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1940s | 16 | #2,607 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,934 |
| 1980s | 11 | #6,083 |
| 1990s | 23 | #7,631 |
| 2000s | 112 | #3,719 |
| 2010s | 500 | #1,959 |
| 2020s | 357 | #2,113 |
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Questions
- Is Locke a boy or girl name?
- Locke is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Locke were boys.
- How popular is the name Locke?
- 65 baby boys were named Locke in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
- When was Locke most popular?
- Locke peaked in 2016, when 74 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,959 in 2016.
- How many people are named Locke?
- 1,063 babies have been named Locke in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,021 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Locke most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Locke was most common in Utah, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.