Lonas — boys' name
41 babies named Lonas in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Lonas was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Lonas in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lonas
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Lonas between 1917 and 1934, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lonas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lonas performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lonas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lonas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lonas 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 41 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.
Lonas at a glance
Last recorded 1934Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lonas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1917
- Peak year (1934)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1934.
41 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 7 births in a single year.
Lonas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 18 births that decade — 44% of Lonas's all-time total
Lonas decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lonas's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Lonas by state
Where Lonas concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 6 | 14.6% |
6 of 41 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 14.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 14.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1934 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.