Girls' name · since 1915
Loneta
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 118 babies named Loneta, peaking in 1919. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
118 girls have been named Loneta since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Loneta has 118 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1948.
- #25,319 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loneta ranks #25,319 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Loneta's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loneta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Loneta's SSA record in two at 1927 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Loneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1948
- Peak year (1919)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Loneta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (52 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Loneta's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Loneta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
52 births
- 1930s
1930s
25 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 52 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Loneta's data
- Loneta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Loneta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Loneta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.