Lorenza — boys' name
3,692 babies named Lorenza in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
18% of everyone ever named Lorenza was born in this single decade.
75 babies were named Lorenza in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lorenza
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,692 babies named Lorenza between 1881 and 2022, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lorenza currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 75 babies received it in a single year. Lorenza is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 3,168 additional births since 1882.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lorenza performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 648 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lorenza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 542 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lorenza in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lorenza 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 3,692 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.
Lorenza at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lorenza popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1881
- Peak year (1958)
- 75
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
3,692 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 75 births in a single year.
Lorenza popularity over time — girls
3,168 total births recorded since 1882 (Lorenza as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Lorenza accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lorenza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 648 births that decade — 18% of Lorenza's all-time total
Lorenza decade highlights
- Peak decade 648 births
- Runner-up 497 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Lorenza's strongest decade
648 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Lorenza by state
Where Lorenza concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 542 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 378 | 10.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 327 | 8.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 275 | 7.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 197 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 134 | 3.6% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 19 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 11 | 0.3% |
542 of 3,692 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 14.7% of nationwide
- Texas 10.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 8.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 7.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 14.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lorenza appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1881–2022 (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.