Lorenzo

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #12,448 · #117 for boys in 2025, 3,065 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 3,054 births
Debut · boys
48 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
85,752
since 1880

Lorenzo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lorenzo has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201979boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1173,065
2024#1163,054
2023#1312,819
2022#1342,836
2021#1352,781
2020#1522,456
2019#12,4487#1462,642
2018#1732,252
2017#1972,004
2016#2101,877
2015#2161,845
2014#2271,642
2013#2381,518
2012#3071,090
2011#3111,033
2010#324965
2009#334955
2008#334987
2007#2951,172
2006#3001,111
2005#3191,028
2004#2951,076
2003#310963
2002#297987
2001#313888
2000#314922
1999#305946
1998#294956
1997#292946
1996#2741,020
1995#280982
1994#295929
1993#11,7806#290950
1992#333762
1991#10,2717#307839
1990#12,9585#309827
1989#8,7618#314761
1988#6,27712#304751
1987#6,33511#273803
1986#4,96415#291715
1985#5,67812#266803
1984#5,89911#279744
1983#7,3128#298661
1982#9,2376#314627
1981#306623
1980#4,97814#325584
1979#5,75111#345523
1978#8,5626#331529
1977#9,6525#360480
1976#6,0489#320552
1975#5,16111#321558
1974#6,9007#317568
1973#332513
1972#5,9598#338522
1971#4,81011#325575
1970#5,06110#339561
1969#7,4715#341529
1968#341511
1967#4,30010#332510
1966#5,2737#301606
1965#6,5395#314589
1964#4,6369#306657
1963#4,5399#317630
1962#4,8658#320599
1961#6,5675#307639
1960#4,7738#307653
1959#335533
1958#338521
1957#325564
1956#4,4678#314560
1955#317537
1954#313525
1953#333444
1952#5,5635#329447
1951#5,4145#341401
1950#346379
1949#356356
1948#364345
1947#382322
1946#4,9605#385289
1945#390235
1944#359277
1943#381259
1942#4,6225#387245
1941#4,4205#362260
1940#400206
1939#368238
1938#361238
1937#380212
1936#395192
1935#369213
1934#364224
1933#366218
1932#402198
1931#404193
1930#398211
1929#384224
1928#401224
1927#413213
1926#387230
1925#3,6648#394231
1924#415217
1923#3,9717#407218
1922#414210
1921#424204
1920#437190
1919#459165
1918#458168
1917#408192
1916#425176
1915#425161
1914#412133
1913#44294
1912#39395
1911#34962
1910#38346
1909#33947
1908#31648
1907#37536
1906#29847
1905#32937
1904#37929
1903#38126
1902#38027
1901#32530
1900#33042
1899#43818
1898#28840
1897#33131
1896#31535
1895#36826
1894#36725
1893#39121
1892#34829
1891#30530
1890#35824
1889#36024
1888#29736
1887#33025
1886#33625
1885#32727
1884#31830
1883#38120
1882#26741
1881#27632
1880#24048
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lorenzo was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 48 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 19 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lorenzo
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#116#117)
  • 35 spots since 2020 (#152#117)
  • 99 spots since 2015 (#216#117)
  • Biggest jump: 108 spots in 1900 (#438#330)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1899 (#288#438)
Rise & fade · boys
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #116 (3,054 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 557
  • Highest: 1 in 557 boys born in 2025 were named Lorenzo (0.18%)
  • Its best rank, #116 in 2024, was only 1 in 564 (0.18%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 19.8% of all boys named Lorenzo (17,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s308#240 (1880)#313
1890s279#288 (1898)#351
1900s369#298 (1906)#345
1910s1,292#349 (1911)#415
1920s2,161#384 (1929)#408
1930s2,137#361 (1938)#381
1940s2,794#356 (1949)#377
1950s4,911#313 (1954)#329
1960s5,923#301 (1966)#319
1970s5,381#317 (1974)#333
1980s7,072#266 (1985)#297
1990s9,157#274 (1996)#298
2000s10,089#295 (2007)#311
2010s16,868#146 (2019)#235
2020s17,011#116 (2024)#131

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lorenzo in 1979

girls
#5,751
11 births · 1 in 145,933 girls
boys
#345
523 births · 1 in 3,292 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #5,751Lorenzo11

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #345Lorenzo523
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 145,933 of them was named Lorenzo, which outranked 52.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorenzo
  1. #5,427Yumi12
  2. #5,427Yvonna12
  3. #5,427Zelda12
  4. #5,751Lorenzo11
  5. #5,751Aaren11
  6. #5,751Addy11
  7. #5,751Aeisha11
  8. #6,189Adonica10
  9. #6,189Adraine10
  10. #6,189Adrena10

Tied with 437 names at #5,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 3,292 of them was named Lorenzo, which outranked 95.1% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorenzo
  1. #342Allan528
  2. #343Jamal526
  3. #343Rickey526
  4. #345Lorenzo523
  5. #346Lamont521
  6. #347Rusty520
  7. #348Scotty515
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979