Lorenz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOR-enz
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Lorenz is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Lorenz mean?
Latin: German form of Laurence
“from Laurentum”
The German and Scandinavian form of Laurence, from the Roman name Laurentius.
Is Lorenz a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorenz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lorenz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Lorenz, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lorenz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Lorenz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Lorenz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Lorenz, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Lorenz in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lorenz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,139 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,094 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,037 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 28 | #930 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Lorenz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lorenz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lorenz, updated 20 October 2026.