Lorenz — #7740 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lorenz

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,746 babies named Lorenz between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lorenz currently holds the #7740 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorenz performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lorenz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lorenz in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lorenz 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 1,746 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.