Lonzell — boys' name
466 babies named Lonzell in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Lonzell was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Lonzell in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lonzell
The Social Security Administration has registered 466 babies named Lonzell between 1924 and 2015, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lonzell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lonzell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lonzell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lonzell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lonzell 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 466 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.
Lonzell at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lonzell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1924
- Peak year (1958)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
466 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 16 births in a single year.
Lonzell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 93 births that decade — 20% of Lonzell's all-time total
Lonzell decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Lonzell's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Lonzell by state
Where Lonzell concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 466 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.1% 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, 1924–2015 (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.