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.
Where Lona is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#311 · 1 in 2,705
- Kentucky#382 · 1 in 4,093
- California#385 · 1 in 3,566
- Michigan#388 · 1 in 5,466
- Indiana#400 · 1 in 5,372
Best ever in a state: #147 in Kentucky, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #311 | 7 | 1 in 2,705 |
| Kentucky | #382 | 7 | 1 in 4,093 |
| California | #385 | 14 | 1 in 3,566 |
| Michigan | #388 | 8 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Indiana | #400 | 5 | 1 in 5,372 |
| Pennsylvania | #425 | 11 | 1 in 6,818 |
| Oklahoma | #444 | 5 | 1 in 4,033 |
| Tennessee | #457 | 5 | 1 in 5,634 |
| Ohio | #547 | 5 | 1 in 10,541 |
| Illinois | #576 | 6 | 1 in 9,377 |
| Texas | #751 | 7 | 1 in 8,586 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 7,941 of them was named Lona, which outranked 88.4% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.