Lona
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1928 at #3,697
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,907since 1880
Lona over time
Rank among girls' names. Lona has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,913 | 45 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,502 | 63 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,364 | 78 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,293 | 83 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,182 | 89 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,166 | 86 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,182 | 81 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,273 | 72 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,187 | 82 | — | |
| 1964 | #990 | 116 | — | |
| 1963 | #923 | 130 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,121 | 94 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,090 | 101 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,103 | 95 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,055 | 102 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,173 | 82 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,002 | 108 | — | |
| 1956 | #924 | 120 | — | |
| 1955 | #922 | 114 | — | |
| 1954 | #806 | 136 | — | |
| 1953 | #828 | 125 | — | |
| 1952 | #794 | 129 | — | |
| 1951 | #794 | 125 | — | |
| 1950 | #758 | 130 | — | |
| 1949 | #714 | 141 | — | |
| 1948 | #753 | 128 | — | |
| 1947 | #691 | 148 | — | |
| 1946 | #743 | 120 | — | |
| 1945 | #714 | 109 | — | |
| 1944 | #655 | 128 | — | |
| 1943 | #624 | 147 | — | |
| 1942 | #658 | 129 | — | |
| 1941 | #620 | 130 | — | |
| 1940 | #584 | 144 | — | |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 | — | |
| 1938 | #646 | 112 | — | |
| 1937 | #670 | 103 | — | |
| 1936 | #603 | 119 | — | |
| 1935 | #559 | 131 | — | |
| 1934 | #477 | 180 | — | |
| 1933 | #558 | 131 | — | |
| 1932 | #612 | 116 | — | |
| 1931 | #665 | 100 | — | |
| 1930 | #679 | 102 | — | |
| 1929 | #625 | 121 | — | |
| 1928 | #655 | 114 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #619 | 132 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #669 | 117 | — | |
| 1925 | #593 | 148 | — | |
| 1924 | #592 | 156 | — | |
| 1923 | #616 | 142 | — | |
| 1922 | #651 | 127 | — | |
| 1921 | #553 | 165 | — | |
| 1920 | #550 | 168 | — | |
| 1919 | #494 | 184 | — | |
| 1918 | #481 | 198 | — | |
| 1917 | #530 | 159 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #488 | 173 | — | |
| 1915 | #485 | 160 | — | |
| 1914 | #462 | 139 | — | |
| 1913 | #417 | 140 | — | |
| 1912 | #418 | 124 | — | |
| 1911 | #396 | 104 | — | |
| 1910 | #371 | 110 | — | |
| 1909 | #343 | 109 | — | |
| 1908 | #399 | 83 | — | |
| 1907 | #354 | 100 | — | |
| 1906 | #359 | 87 | — | |
| 1905 | #367 | 85 | — | |
| 1904 | #346 | 89 | — | |
| 1903 | #326 | 90 | — | |
| 1902 | #319 | 95 | — | |
| 1901 | #328 | 85 | — | |
| 1900 | #334 | 103 | — | |
| 1899 | #327 | 84 | — | |
| 1898 | #324 | 93 | — | |
| 1897 | #320 | 82 | — | |
| 1896 | #343 | 72 | — | |
| 1895 | #323 | 78 | — | |
| 1894 | #355 | 61 | — | |
| 1893 | #315 | 73 | — | |
| 1892 | #314 | 72 | — | |
| 1891 | #342 | 54 | — | |
| 1890 | #298 | 69 | — | |
| 1889 | #307 | 62 | — | |
| 1888 | #320 | 56 | — | |
| 1887 | #332 | 41 | — | |
| 1886 | #342 | 39 | — | |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 | — | |
| 1884 | #368 | 29 | — | |
| 1883 | #300 | 34 | — | |
| 1882 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1881 | #301 | 27 | — | |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lona was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–1996, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lona
- 395 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #8,362)
- 2,037 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #8,362)
- 1,385 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1963 (#1,121 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1965 (#990 → #1,187)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #294 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 110 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 2,759 girls born in 1890 were named Lona (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #294 in 1880, was only 1 in 3,250 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.7% of all girls named Lona (1,491) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 381 | #294 (1880) | #322 |
| 1890s | 738 | #298 (1890) | #326 |
| 1900s | 926 | #319 (1902) | #348 |
| 1910s | 1,491 | #371 (1910) | #454 |
| 1920s | 1,390 | #550 (1920) | #612 |
| 1930s | 1,193 | #477 (1934) | #615 |
| 1940s | 1,324 | #584 (1940) | #676 |
| 1950s | 1,171 | #758 (1950) | #906 |
| 1960s | 946 | #923 (1963) | #1,122 |
| 1970s | 503 | #1,293 (1970) | #1,957 |
| 1980s | 296 | #2,218 (1980) | #3,287 |
| 1990s | 120 | #4,329 (1991) | #7,522 |
| 2000s | 188 | #4,704 (2005) | #6,659 |
| 2010s | 150 | #6,641 (2010) | #7,828 |
| 2020s | 90 | #6,174 (2021) | #7,383 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lona in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 6,800 of them was named Lona, which outranked 90.0% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 154,247 of them was named Lona, which outranked 23.0% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).