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Lorenza

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Feminine form of Laurentius

Lorenza has been given to 6,876 babies in the U.S. since 1881. 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 1958, with 75 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Lorenza, 2022

1 in 677,000

Lorenza over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lorenza over time

In 2025, Lorenza went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lorenza: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Laurentius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lorenza means

Lorenza is a feminine form of Laurentius.

Origin, language, and formation

Lorenza is used in Italian and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Laurentius, Lorenzo and Lauren.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Lorenza is pronounced /loˈrɛn.t͡sa/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,692 boys were recorded with the name Lorenza between 1881 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 75 in 1958; its best national rank was #756 in 1901.

In the United States, 3,184 girls were recorded with the name Lorenza between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 1920; its best national rank was #885 in 1903.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,515 in 2020 to #7,011 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,369 in 2015 to #7,011 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lorenza?

Lorenza had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 677,000
5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 349,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
469,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lorenza 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 2022 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 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lorenza. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lorenzas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lorenza was born before 1951 — so the typical Lorenza is around 74 today.

Median birth year
1951
About 74 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
17.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
3.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,945
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1950s — 17.6% of all recorded uses (648).

Is Lorenza 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
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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
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1958 (75)
Years since peak
67
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#756
1901

Spellings of Lorenza

Lorenza is not the most common spelling — Lorenzo is, with 61.0% against Lorenza's 2.6%.

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.

Where Lorenza is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lorenza was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 5,882 boys, against 1 in 27,860 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

017 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 5,882
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 14,286
  3. 3Georgia1 in 16,667
  4. 4Florida1 in 33,333
  5. 5Texas1 in 33,333
  6. 6Virginia1 in 33,333
  7. 7Mississippi1 in 100,000
  8. 8South Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lorenza has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lorenza is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lorenza was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 35,083 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

013 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 7,692
  2. 2Texas1 in 11,111
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Arizona1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lorenza has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lorenza around the world

Where Lorenza 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.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2024
    #5,892
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    2021–2021
    #792
    in 2021
  • France
    1909–2025
    #3,028
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1959–1995
    #712
    in 1995

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lorenza

People whose public names include Lorenza, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lorenza in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Lorenza. Linked forms have their own page here.

Lourença

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Lorenza 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
#756
1901
Peak year
1958
75 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
3,692
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,011
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 496
Best rank ever
#885
1903
Peak year
1920
58 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,184
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Lorenza

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

LorenzLorneLorenceLoranzaLoranLorinLoringLorenzoLorettaAlfonzaAlonzaLorraineLorcanLorinzaLorensoLoraineLordLoretoLorenLoranceLorrenLorikLoranzoLoris

Names with a curve like Lorenza

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lorenza, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

WardellAlonzaDavieArtieLorinDellArtisVernellWymanWaymanEzellDennie

Sibling names for Lorenza

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

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