Lorenzo

What Lorenzo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lorenzo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lorenzo?

US: Rising: up from #216 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #277 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,065 boys got the name (#117 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 557 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 719 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,403 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (5.76 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), CT (4.09 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lorenzo is #117 in the US and #132 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lorenzo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Larenzo18 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lorenzo

Boys

• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Brooks#64Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*

For a sister

• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lorenzo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.