Lonia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lonia

The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Lonia between 1888 and 1964, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lonia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lonia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lonia 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 250 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.