# Lorenz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lorenz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,754 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,754 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 93, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,109 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,405 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,823 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,187 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,356 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,688 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,946 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,032 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,982 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,167 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,945 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,562 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,654 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,096 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,387 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Lorenz

- Lorenz von Stein, German legal scholar (1815-1890)
- Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (1779-1851)
- Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Modenese and Belgian Imperial and Royal
- Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (1895–1943)
- Lorenz Heister, German botanist and doctor (1683-1758)
- Lorenz Frølich, Danish artist (1820–1908)
- Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German church historian
- Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German music historian and polymath (1711-1778)
- Lorenz Jaeger, Catholic cardinal (1892–1975)
- Lorenz Schindelholz, bobsledder
- Lorenz Nieberl, bobsledder (1919-1968)
- Lorenz Koller, Austrian luger

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.