Lonnell — boys' name
1,115 babies named Lonnell in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Lonnell was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Lonnell in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lonnell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,115 babies named Lonnell between 1927 and 2022, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lonnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lonnell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lonnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lonnell in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lonnell 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 1,115 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.
Lonnell at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lonnell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1927
- Peak year (1970)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
1,115 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 33 births in a single year.
Lonnell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 227 births that decade — 20% of Lonnell's all-time total
Lonnell decade highlights
- Peak decade 227 births
- Runner-up 197 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lonnell's strongest decade
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Lonnell by state
Where Lonnell concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 26 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 14 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #5 | District of Columbia | | 5 | 0.4% |
44 of 1,115 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.0% of nationwide
- District of Columbia 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1927–2022 (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.