Lorentz

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lorentz: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lorentz: Recorded since 1949, with a gap of 20 years, it reached #296 in 1958, and it stood at #470 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
77years from first to last
#296highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lorentz's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1949–2025

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1949	#354
1955	#369
1957	#357
1958	#296
1960	#454
1962	#456
1972	#558
1993	#614
1997	#578
2002	#534
2012	#513
2013	#542
2014	#497
2016	#461
2017	#508
2018	#377
2019	#465
2020	#370
2022	#387
2024	#344
2025	#470

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 21 of the 77 years from 1949 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1949–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #354 among boys in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1949–2025
Highest recorded position: #296 among boys in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1949–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #470 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Lorentz by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lorentz in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	23	3 of 10	8
1960s	10	2 of 10	5
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	38	7 of 10	5
2020s	30	4 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lorentz appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #296 in Norway in 1958.

Lorentz's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	male	#470	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#344	10	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#387	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#370	8	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#465	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#377	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#508	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#542	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#534	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#578	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#558	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#456	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#454	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#296	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#357	7	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#369	6	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#354	5	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1949 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #296, first reached in 1958.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Norway in 1958.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

8decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 8 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
13separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
20 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#470position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 1958Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lorenna · #2300, 11y
Lorenz · #2007, 19y
Lorenza · #2226, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Birgitta · #298, 22y
Ireneusz · #298, 26y
Leikny · #294, 16y
Cathrina · #293, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Gyda · #296, 47y
Bertha · #295, 11y
Magda · #295, 46y
Sigvald · #295, 15y

Lorentz was ranked #296 in Norway · Boys in 1958. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lorentz and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lorentz without appearing here.

Lorentz moved ahead of

Jason Compare
In 2023 they stood at #370 and #346 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #344 and #489.
Geir Compare
In 2023 they stood at #465 and #428 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #344 and #482.
Svein Compare
In 2021 they stood at #465 and #414 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #387 and #500.
Tony Compare
In 2017 they stood at #497 and #432 in Norway · Boys; by 2018 that had become #377 and #468.

Moved ahead of Lorentz

Adrian Compare
In 1992 they stood at #558 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #614 and #37.
Oscar Compare
In 1992 they stood at #558 and #609 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #614 and #217.
Max Compare
In 1992 they stood at #456 and #460 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #614 and #275.
Benjamin Compare
In 1971 they stood at #456 and #481 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #558 and #322.

Moved the opposite way to Lorentz

Adrian Compare
Between 1958 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lorentz went from #296 to #470 while Adrian went from #449 to #70.
Alexander Compare
Between 1958 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Lorentz went from #296 to #470 while Alexander went from #304 to #81.

Moved the same way as Lorentz

Stein Compare
Between 1949 and 2014 in Norway · Boys, Lorentz went from #354 to #497 and Stein from #47 to #452.
Roger Compare
Between 1949 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Lorentz went from #354 to #542 and Roger from #79 to #514.
Frode Compare
Between 1949 and 2002 in Norway · Boys, Lorentz went from #354 to #534 and Frode from #93 to #342.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #296 in Norway in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lorentz

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Lorentz by decade in Norway · Boys

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Lorentz by decade in Norway · Boys

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