Lorenz
Lorenz was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,383 among boys’ names; 1,754 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lorenz by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lorenz mean?
Wiktionary, German section
Lorenz is “a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence”
/ˈloːʁɛnts/
Meaning: Wiktionary, German section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lorenz?
#9,383 among boys’ names, 2025
Lorenz fell from #7,351 in 2015 to #9,383 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.7 to 4.7 per million.
39 babies in 1918, the peak
Lorenz peaked in 1918, when 39 boys were given it, #1,102 among boys’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #9,383 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 10 | #8,091 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,649 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 5 | #13,556 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,940 | 6.9 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,163 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,977 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 19 | #5,028 | 10.5 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,942 | 6.5 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,684 | 8.4 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #7,351 | 5.7 |
| 2014 | 14 | #6,183 | 7.3 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,819 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,399 | 9.0 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,106 | 9.5 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,386 | 8.9 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,228 | 9.1 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,992 | 9.3 |
| 2007 | 14 | #6,139 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,489 | 14.6 |
| 2005 | 23 | #4,001 | 11.5 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,201 | 10.6 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,794 | 11.6 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,419 | 9.3 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,278 | 13.9 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,481 | 12.2 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,648 | 17.2 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,682 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,652 | 15.9 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,765 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,181 | 7.9 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,838 | 8.8 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,594 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,489 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,646 | 5.9 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,180 | 3.9 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,985 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,512 | 4.2 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,843 | 3.7 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,981 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 6 | #6,044 | 3.3 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,932 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,880 | 2.8 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,957 | 3.4 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,654 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,392 | 3.0 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,351 | 7.0 |
| 1974 | 8 | #4,044 | 5.1 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,924 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,450 | 3.1 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,759 | 7.4 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,461 | 8.1 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,966 | 3.5 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,138 | 4.6 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,722 | 5.6 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,710 | 5.4 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,613 | 5.5 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,976 | 4.4 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,605 | 5.3 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,258 | 3.8 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,487 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,472 | 3.3 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,742 | 4.7 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,580 | 5.1 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,440 | 5.7 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,190 | 6.8 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,327 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,645 | 5.1 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,584 | 3.1 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,586 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,160 | 7.3 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,283 | 6.8 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,449 | 6.0 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,384 | 3.7 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,081 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,143 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,958 | 10.5 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,010 | 10.1 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,281 | 9.0 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,142 | 10.4 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,379 | 9.0 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,868 | 13.5 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,884 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,250 | 10.6 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,570 | 19.2 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,762 | 16.5 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,484 | 22.2 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,692 | 18.2 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,063 | 13.5 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,585 | 20.0 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,331 | 27.0 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,876 | 16.3 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,092 | 14.2 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,499 | 22.5 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,523 | 22.4 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,440 | 24.7 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,622 | 21.0 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,275 | 30.3 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,498 | 23.6 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,198 | 34.8 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,150 | 37.8 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,102 | 38.5 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,192 | 35.7 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,052 | 42.7 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,047 | 44.8 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,209 | 36.7 |
| 1913 | 28 | #942 | 54.6 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,080 | 44.2 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,167 | 44.3 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,601 | 30.5 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,462 | 34.1 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,319 | 39.0 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,146 | 47.0 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,057 | 49.4 |
| 1889 | 6 | #939 | 54.3 |
| 1887 | 7 | #799 | 69.0 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,030 | 44.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lorenz a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lorenz has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 117 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lorenz: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lorenz, and how old are they?
An estimated 905 Americans named Lorenz and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 18 and 53. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,219 people named Lorenz (48 women and girls, 1,171 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 923 born in the U.S. The Census count is 32% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Lorenz rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Lorenz and names like it
- The most given names of the 1910sLorenz peaked in 1918.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lorenz since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Lorenz: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Lorenz.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Lorenz alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.