Laurenz

Boys' name

Variant of Lorenz

Laurenz has been given to 28 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2000, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Laurenz, 2004

1 in 764,000

Laurenz over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laurenz: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lorenz

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laurenz means

Laurenz is a variant of Lorenz.

Origin, language, and formation

Laurenz is used in German.

Laurenz comes through Latin Laurentius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lorenz.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Laurenz is pronounced /ˈlaʊ̯ːʁɛnts/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 28 boys were recorded with the name Laurenz between 1996 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2000; its best national rank was #7,887 in 2000.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Laurenz?

Laurenz had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,181 births
Among boys only: 1 in 397,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2004: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,591 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Laurenz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,591 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laurenz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laurenzs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laurenz was born before 2001 — so the typical Laurenz is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 82.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 28; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 82.1% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Laurenz rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2000 (8)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,887; 2000

Spellings of Laurenz

Laurenz is not the most common spelling — Laurence is, with 75.1% against Laurenz's 0.05%.

Laurence75.1%39,720
Lauren11.0%5,818
Laurent3.8%1,994
Laurel3.5%1,860
Lorenz3.3%1,754
Larenzo2.2%1,151
Larenz1.0%542
Laurenz0.05%28

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Laurenz around the world

Where Laurenz ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2021–2021
#5,712
in 2021
South Australia
1957–2009
#708
in 2009

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Laurenz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,887; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 8 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 28
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Laurenz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lautaro Lauritz Laurell Laudie Laughlin Laurenzo Lauriano Laureat Florenz Lauryn Laurens Laurien Lauden Laurencio Laury Laurice Laureano Lauchlin Lauchlan Laurier Lauris Laurent Lauriston Lauar

Sibling names for Laurenz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Genaro

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