Girls' name · since 1922
Lonetta
304 babies named Lonetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lonetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 304 have been recorded since 1922.
Lonetta has 304 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1988.
- #15,791 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 304 born since 1922
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lonetta ranks #15,791 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 304 born since 1922, peaking in the 1960s.
- #15,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 304
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lonetta's 304 recorded births place it above 78.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lonetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lonetta's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1922, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lonetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1988
- Peak year (1970)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Lonetta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (82 births, 27% of the file).
1960s was Lonetta's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Lonetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 18
1920s
18 births
- 1930s 27
1930s
27 births
- 1940s
1940s
51 births
- 1950s
1950s
37 births
- 1960s
1960s
82 births
- 1970s
1970s
65 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 82 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Lonetta's decade-level peak was the 1960s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1980s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lonetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1922–1988 (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 Lonetta 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.