Recorded 1948–2020 Boys' name Peak 1993 547 births

Lantz — boys' name

547 babies named Lantz in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s51950s351960s491970s921980s881990s1232000s1072010s432020s5
1990s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Lantz was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

18 babies were named Lantz in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lantz

The Social Security Administration has registered 547 babies named Lantz between 1948 and 2020, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lantz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lantz performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lantz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lantz in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lantz in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 547 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Lantz at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

547

Since 1948

73 years of records

Peak year

1993

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1948

Recorded for 73 years

Last year on file: 2020

Lantz popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1948

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1993)
18
Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
05101520 20202008200019921983197519661948 5

Lantz by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
123 births that decade — 22% of Lantz's all-time total
1940s51950s351960s491970s921980s881990s1232000s1072010s432020s5

Lantz by state

Where Lantz concentrates geographically — total births since 1948

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Lantz
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 0.9%
Texas share of Lantz's total US births 0.9%

5 of 547 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lantz?
547 babies have been named Lantz since 1948. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1993 with 18 births.
When was Lantz most popular?
Lantz was most popular in the 1990s decade with 123 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Lantz most popular?
The top states for the name Lantz are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Lantz been used?
Lantz has been recorded in Social Security data since 1948, spanning 73 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Lantz?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Landon, Lance, Lane, Landen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.