Lonnetta — girls' name
61 babies named Lonnetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Lonnetta was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lonnetta in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lonnetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Lonnetta between 1954 and 1983, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lonnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lonnetta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lonnetta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lonnetta 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 61 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.
Lonnetta at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lonnetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1954
- Peak year (1954)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
61 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 9 births in a single year.
Lonnetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 19 births that decade — 31% of Lonnetta's all-time total
Lonnetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lonnetta's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1954–1983 (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.