Lonna — girls' name
3,351 babies named Lonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Lonna was born in this single decade.
91 babies were named Lonna in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lonna
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,351 babies named Lonna between 1916 and 2022, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lonna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 91 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lonna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 789 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lonna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 259 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Lonna in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lonna 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 3,351 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.
Lonna at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1916
- Peak year (1947)
- 91
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
3,351 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 91 births in a single year.
Lonna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 789 births that decade — 24% of Lonna's all-time total
Lonna decade highlights
- Peak decade 789 births
- Runner-up 750 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lonna's strongest decade
789 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Lonna by state
Where Lonna concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 259 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 91 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 90 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 70 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 69 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 60 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Texas | | 52 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 43 | 1.3% |
259 of 3,351 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.7% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lonna appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1916–2022 (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.