Laurenz
Laurenz is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Laurenz
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laurenz is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Laurenz
American parents first put Laurenz on the record books as a baby boy name in 1996, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 8 Laurenzs were born — ranking #7,415 that year. About 82% of every Laurenz on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Laurenz last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 28 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Laurenz
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About the name Laurenz
Laurenz is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 28 births in the dataset. Laurenz's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #7,415. Use the chart and map above to compare Laurenz's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.