Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Loc isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loc through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 280
- 280 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,629 as a first name in 2020; 582 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Loc’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Loc, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Cedrick
Cedrick is a variant of Cedric. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.”
>99% boys
Josh
“God . is salvation” · “God is salvation”
>99% boys
Lamont
“a man of the law”
>99% boys
Adams
“man” · “of the earth”
>99% boys
Ross
“woman from the headland” · “from the headland”
99% boys · 1% girls