Larenz — #7970 US boys' name
536 babies named Larenz in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Larenz was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Larenz in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Larenz
The Social Security Administration has registered 536 babies named Larenz between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Larenz currently holds the #7970 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Larenz performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Larenz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Larenz in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Larenz 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 536 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.
Larenz at a glance
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Current rank
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Larenz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (1998)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #7970 among boys.
536 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 40 births in a single year.
Larenz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 184 births that decade — 34% of Larenz's all-time total
Larenz decade highlights
- Peak decade 184 births
- Runner-up 179 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Larenz's strongest decade
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Larenz by state
Where Larenz concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
11 of 536 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.9% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1994–2024 (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.