Lona — #7938 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lona

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,895 babies named Lona between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lona currently holds the #7938 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 198 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lona performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 1,491 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 513 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lona in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lona in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,895 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.