Lorenz
Lorenz is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 799th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191839 births
- Best rank
- #799in 1887
- Since 1882
- 1,746people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,746 boys have been named Lorenz in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 39 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1910s alone account for 15%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lorenz | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 266 | |
| 1920s | 260 | |
| 1930s | 165 | |
| 1940s | 105 | |
| 1950s | 100 | |
| 1960s | 85 | |
| 1970s | 70 | |
| 1980s | 54 | |
| 1990s | 182 | |
| 2000s | 217 | |
| 2010s | 149 | |
| 2020s | 50 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Lorenz was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Lorenz
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gardnerpeak 1915
- Wilmerpeak 1920
- Wilsonpeak 1918
- Garnerpeak 1932
- Armandpeak 1918
- Elvinpeak 1927
- Estonpeak 1915
- Thurmanpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.