Girls' name · since 1915
Lonita
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 464 babies named Lonita, peaking in 1942. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 464
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lonita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 464 recorded since 1915.
Lonita has 464 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 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1989.
- #12,400 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 464 born since 1915
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lonita ranks #12,400 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 464 born since 1915, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 464
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lonita's 464 recorded births place it above 82.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lonita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lonita's full recorded timeline at 1953, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1942 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lonita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1989
- Peak year (1942)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Lonita by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (95 births, 20% of the file).
1960s was Lonita's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Lonita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1930s
1930s
59 births
- 1940s
1940s
80 births
- 1950s
1950s
80 births
- 1960s
1960s
95 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 95 births (20% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lonita's data
- Lonita's decade-level peak was the 1960s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 30 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lonita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1942)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1915–1989 (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 Lonita 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.