Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lorenz

#3,396 most common boys' name of all time · #8,264 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#3,396
Rank overall
#8,264 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
1,754
Since 2016
115
Peak year
1918 #1,102
Best rank
#810 1887
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lorenz first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,930
2024 — 10 10 #7,779
2023 — 9 9 #8,282
2022 — 5 5 #12,373
2021 — 12 12 #6,711
2020 — 14 14 #5,998
2019 — 10 10 #7,661
2018 — 19 19 #4,930
2017 — 12 12 #6,702
2016 — 16 16 #5,565
2015 — 11 11 #7,078
2014 — 14 14 #6,008
2013 — 15 15 #5,671
2012 — 17 17 #5,268
2011 — 18 18 #4,994
2010 — 17 17 #5,268
2009 — 18 18 #5,113
2008 — 19 19 #4,913
2007 — 14 14 #5,910
2006 — 30 30 #3,455
2005 — 23 23 #3,949
2004 — 21 21 #4,139
2003 — 23 23 #3,741
2002 — 18 18 #4,330
2001 — 27 27 #3,236
2000 — 24 24 #3,427
1999 — 33 33 #2,615
1998 — 31 31 #2,655
1997 — 30 30 #2,618
1996 — 18 18 #3,688
1995 — 15 15 #4,069
1994 — 17 17 #3,769
1993 — 8 8 #6,253
1992 — 10 10 #5,257
1991 — 12 12 #4,494
1990 — 8 8 #5,856
1989 — 8 8 #5,655
1988 — 8 8 #5,240
1987 — 7 7 #5,504
1985 — 8 8 #4,729
1984 — 6 6 #5,609
1983 — 6 6 #5,538
1981 — 5 5 #6,322
1980 — 6 6 #5,585
1979 — 5 5 #6,130
1978 — 5 5 #5,819
1975 — 11 11 #3,264
1974 — 8 8 #3,872
1973 — 8 8 #3,734
1972 — 5 5 #5,051
1971 — 13 13 #2,706
1970 — 15 15 #2,420
1968 — 6 6 #3,732
1967 — 8 8 #3,028
1966 — 10 10 #2,656
1965 — 10 10 #2,639
1964 — 11 11 #2,565
1963 — 9 9 #2,885
1962 — 11 11 #2,539
1961 — 8 8 #3,123
1960 — 12 12 #2,449
1959 — 7 7 #3,328
1958 — 10 10 #2,670
1957 — 11 11 #2,522
1956 — 12 12 #2,384
1955 — 14 14 #2,159
1954 — 7 7 #3,219
1953 — 10 10 #2,559
1952 — 6 6 #3,420
1951 — 10 10 #2,526
1950 — 13 13 #2,131
1948 — 12 12 #2,244
1947 — 11 11 #2,379
1946 — 6 6 #3,225
1945 — 12 12 #2,039
1944 — 12 12 #2,102
1943 — 15 15 #1,928
1942 — 14 14 #1,972
1941 — 11 11 #2,241
1940 — 12 12 #2,109
1939 — 10 10 #2,333
1938 — 15 15 #1,843
1937 — 15 15 #1,846
1936 — 11 11 #2,209
1935 — 20 20 #1,556
1934 — 17 17 #1,739
1933 — 22 22 #1,469
1932 — 19 19 #1,671
1931 — 14 14 #2,025
1930 — 22 22 #1,568
1929 — 29 29 #1,324
1928 — 18 18 #1,846
1927 — 16 16 #2,065
1926 — 25 25 #1,481
1925 — 25 25 #1,509
1924 — 28 28 #1,427
1923 — 23 23 #1,604
1922 — 33 33 #1,270
1921 — 26 26 #1,486
1920 — 37 37 #1,191
1919 — 37 37 #1,147
1918 — 39 39 #1,102
1917 — 33 33 #1,190
1916 — 38 38 #1,051
1915 — 38 38 #1,047
1914 — 24 24 #1,199
1913 — 28 28 #937
1912 — 19 19 #1,080
1911 — 10 10 #1,153
1909 — 5 5 #1,530
1907 — 5 5 #1,412
1904 — 5 5 #1,292
1901 — 5 5 #1,147
1891 — 5 5 #1,063
1889 — 6 6 #946
1887 — 7 7 #810
1882 — 5 5 #1,067